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Although the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has no authority to impose a federal mandate to prohibit the use of cell phones while driving, they are pushing states without such laws to start seriously thinking about this safety issue. The NTSB is supporting their position due to the nearly 3,000 lives lost in 2010 alone [...]
It was kind of inevitable. Both Apple geeks and car geeks love mixing technologies. Doug Bernards of SoundMan Car Audio in California just happened to be the first to install the new iPad into the dashboard of a car. Is it potentially illegal to mount this into the dash of a car? The iPad doesn’t [...]
Technology plays a huge role in the job of an ambulance driver. The driver’s ability to get valuable traffic and navigation information saves seconds, minutes—even lives. But it also presents a huge risk: using gadgets while weaving through traffic at high speeds. Ambulances and police cars are becoming increasingly wired. 75% of police cruisers and [...]
It’s an issue that’s come to light nationwide—texting and driving. But do bans work? A recent study says no.
Watch CBS News Videos Online January 26, 2010 – Since only 19 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws making texting while driving illegal, the U.S. Government took it upon themselves to address the growing epidemic of distracted driving and established a nationwide law banning drivers of commercial vehicles to include trucks and [...]
