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Texas’s Texting While Driving Ban Goes Into Affect Today. Will It Make You Less Safe?
Today, Texas’s new texting while driving ban goes into affect. For the first time, Texas will have a state-wide ban. A violation of the ban is a misdemeanor, with fines between $25 and $99 for first time offenders and $100 to $200 for repeat offenders. For years, I’ve been critical of Texas officials for their…
Read MoreI see lots of people on the road texting while driving. Is it really that dangerous?
Yes. Distracted driving is known to be responsible for 25 percent of all collisions in Texas. Studies show that texting while driving is even more dangerous than drunk driving, in some instances. Numerous states have banned texting while driving, making it illegal to be caught driving while distracted. Although there are no statewide bans against…
Read MoreWhat Will It Take To Get A State-Wide Ban On Texting While Driving?
Earlier this week, families who have been destroyed by texting while driving wrecks came to Austin to urge state lawmakers to adopt a state-wide texting while driving ban. Unfortunately, they’re not alone. Stories like those shared by these families have been repeated over and over and over. There is no dispute that texting while driving…
Read MoreTragic Texting While Driving Story
In an effort to reduce texting while driving deaths, a mother and father are releasing photos of the text message their son was typing at the time he lost control of his car and died. Watch this tragic story from the Today Show. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the…
Read MoreAuto Accidents: Gov. Perry Still Unwilling To Act To Reduce Texting While Driving Deaths
In a very rare showing of bipartisanship, Texas lawmakers are working hard to come together to craft a statewide ban on texting while driving. The push is being led by Republican State Representative Tom Craddick. This is much needed legislation. I’ve often commented about the number of tragedies we see in our practice because of…
Read MoreVoice-Activated Texting While Driving Is Still Dangerous
After my mom bought her first iPhone, I was explaining Siri to her. And her first statement was, “Great! Now I can text in the car.” And my response was to almost scream at her, especially since she drives a lot with my kids. New research is backing up my belief that voice-activated texting while…
Read MoreA Look At A Proposed Texting While Driving Ban
If you read this blog regularly, you know that one of the biggest issues we see is car wrecks caused by texting while driving. As a result, we’re big advocates of doing what can be done to reduce those auto accidents. During the last legislative session, a bill banning texting while driving was passed, but…
Read MoreAuto Accidents: Texting While Driving Is In The News
If you read this blog, you know one of my pet peeves/big topics is texting while driving. Yesterday, two texting while driving stories caught my eye. On the national scene, Yahoo news ran a story about new efforts to enforce texting while driving bans. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued several grants to…
Read MoreA Sobering Reminder About The Dangers Of Texting While Driving
I preach here often about the dangers of texting while driving, but nothing I say could be as effective as the story of Bobby Augusto, who lost his daughter to a car wreck caused by texting while driving. You should read it here.
Read MoreIs Cedar Park Dropping The Ball By Not Enacting A Ban On Texting While Driving?
Last week, the Cedar Park City Council discussed the possibility of enacting a ban on texting while driving. But despite acknowledging the problem (they passed a resolution saying it’s bad), they didn’t take any steps to actually curb it. They seemed to lean against an outright ban for all, and are only weakly considering a…
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