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Last night, Fox 7 ran yet another story about the continued problem of Austin drivers texting and using cell phones in school zones.  This is a continued story and a continued risk to our kids.  And when I say "our kids" in this instance, I mean it.  My son's elementary school  (my daughter has graduated to middle school) has become the...

Despite all the outcry and the increasing number of laws banning texting while driving, it's a problem that's getting worse, not better. Yesterday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its first major study on distracted driving.  It found that at any one time, 1 in 100 drivers are using a hand-held device for texting, emailing or surfing the web, a number...

School started back up this week, and the Austin Police Department and others are again stressing the importance of avoiding distracted driving in school zones. Last night, KXAN reporter Doug Shupe ran a great story on the problem.  Sadly, the crossing guards he interviewed said that the worst problem was around Casis Elementary, my son's school.  From the story: The potentially...

Many of us who are personal injury lawyers are on small crusades against texting while driving and distracted driving. Earlier this month, Jon Lewis, a Birmingham, Alabama personal injury lawyer, had a good blog post on his Injuryboard blog with videos about texting while driving. If you have a few minutes, you should check out some of the videos he uncovered.

I try not to talk too much about politics here, but the I do have an exception for tort reform issues and safety issues.  Last Friday, Governor Perry made what I think is a dangerous decision on a safety issue. One of the good things to come out of this legislative session was HB 242, which imposed a state-wide ban...

A state-wide texting while driving ban has been passed by both the Texas House and the Texas Senate and is on its way to the governor.  Let's hope he has the good sense to sign the bill into law. As you know, if you read this blog, texting while driving is one of the most deadly activities you can engage...

Kudos to the Austin Police Department for a new initiative that they're launching this week. Between now and the end of school, the police department will place plain clothes officers around schools throughout the city to look out for drivers texting in school zones (which I hope you all know by now is illegal) and for those speeding in school...

Today, the House Transportation Committee will hold hearings on a possible statewide ban on texting while driving. The testimony will likely include testimony from the parents of Alex Brown, who was a promising teen-ager killed while she was texting and driving. (I've previously written on her tragic story and the amazing things her family is doing trying to warn others.)...

Jeanne and Johnny Brown visited Dripping Springs High School yesterday to help make sure that their daughter's life wasn't lost in vain. In 2009, Alex, the Browns' honor student daughter, was killed in a rollover accident as she was driving to school.  Alex was texting and driving at the time. Now, the Browns are driving across the state, with the...

Readers of our blog and website know that I have written extensively on texting while driving.    You would think that after all of the publicity about the dangers associated with texting while driving that the problem would be getting better.  But if Texas drivers are to be believed, it's not.  Yesterday, the Texas Transportation Institute released a survey of Texas...