distracted driving

Ray LaHood wants tighter restrictions on car gadgets

Friday, February 17, 2012
Effort to curb distracted driving
Posted In: cars, distracted driving
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Seriously, put down the phone while driving

Thursday, February 16, 2012
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today he wants carmakers to come up with devices that would disable gadgets in the car.
Posted In: distracted driving

Near-future Facebook status: just crashed

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Face forward. Hands on the 10 and 2.
Posted In: Facebook, cars, distracted driving
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Is talking on a cell phone while driving really all that bad?

Friday, December 23, 2011
The jury is still out.
Posted In: distracted driving, Facebook, search

Phones in cars? Awww, go ahead.

Thursday, December 22, 2011
I'll tell you about this cell phones in cars thing right after I send this text...
Posted In: cell phones, distracted driving
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Distracted driving, domestic drones, and a camera faster than the speed of light

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
A busy day for technology: The transportation board wants to ban cell phones and driving altogether; unmanned drones are possibly being used to spy on the U.S.; and a camera can now capture light particles.
Posted In: drones, distracted driving, photography, privacy

Text to speech to driver

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Ford announced that all but one of its 2012 models will come with a text detecting feature that will sync with a driver's phone and read any...
Posted In: distracted driving, Tech Report, texting

MID-DAY UPDATE: Congress can't meet a budget deadline -- push it back?

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The federal government's budget year ends September 30th - and Congress is nowhere near passing a new budget. What do YOU do when you can't meet a...
Posted In: Airlines, Alzheimer's, Congress, dementia, distracted driving, Fashion Week, federal budget, General Motors, GM, grilled cheese, Ireland, mid-day update, New York, UN, United Nations

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