Big four cellphone companies jointly launch anti-texting campaign

Amanda Bayhi - May 14, 2013

(Photo: Jason Weaver / Flickr) AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile will launch a joint advertising campaign this summer against texting while driving, according to the Associated Press. The companies will join 200 other organizations in backing AT&T’s “It Can Wait” ...

Hello? [CRASH]

John Latta - May 13, 2013

(Photo: Intel Free Press / Flickr) A new report argues that car crashes involving cell phones are significantly underreported. So what is the number? There’s no hard data to go on, but the correct number for cell phone involvement in all ...

Safer Road Construction Sites: Yes, we can.

Better Roads Staff - May 07, 2013

By John Latta, jlatta@randallreilly.com A whole lot of highway contractors who work on our roads want to see tougher laws, fines and legal penalties for moving violations in work zones and more frequent safety training for workers on these jobs. This information ...

Wisconsin texting champ urges drivers to put down phones

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 12, 2013

Austin Wierschke poses with a new Wisconsin advertisement. (Photo: Gannett Wisconsin Media) Wisconsin teenager and two-time LG U.S. National Texting Champion Austin Wierschke is advocating for drivers to put their mobile phones away while behind the wheel, the Appleton Post-Crescent ...

Black Friday deals mark increases in intersection crashes; I rollerskated through the day

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Nov 26, 2012

My 4-year-old son and I spending our Black Friday roller skating instead of shopping Where were you on Black Friday (or late Thanksgiving evening)? Did you rush out to try to get the best deals or were you caught up ...

It Can Wait: Texting While Driving

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Sep 20, 2012

According to www.itcanwait.com, people who drive while texting are 23 times more likely to be in a crash. Are you going to take the pledge to stop texting while driving? I'm sure many of us have been guilty of this. ...

More states eye banning texting while driving

James Jaillet - May 14, 2012

The Ohio Senate has passed a bill banning texting while driving for all drivers, while legislation to restrict texting behind the wheel in South Carolina and Missouri has made less progress. Ohio senators voted 25-8 that would make it a secondary ...

Idaho, Alaska legislatures ban handheld texting while driving

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 23, 2012

While truckers nationwide already are prohibited from texting while driving, Idaho has become the 37th state to bar all motorists from doing so, and similar legislation awaits Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell’s signature. On April 5, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter signed the ...

Kirk Landers: A show about … nothing

Better Roads Staff - Jun 01, 2010

By Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus Jerry Seinfeld once described his long-running television comedy as a show about . . . nothing. It was an engaging remark, quoted frequently even by those of us who didn’t watch the show because it covers ...

Washington 21st state to pass cell phone, texting ban

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 26, 2010

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today commended Gov. Christine Gregoire for signing a law that makes Washington the 21st state to enact a ban prohibiting drivers from talking or texting on a cell-phone without a hands-free device. This new law allows ...

LaHood announces federal ban on texting for commercial truck drivers

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 23, 2010

U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced federal guidance to prohibit texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. The prohibition is effective immediately and is the latest in a series of actions taken by the Department ...