texting while driving

Stuart A. Carpey Helps to "End Distracted Driving"

Stuart A. Carpey
March 09, 2012 18:53

For years, Stuart A. Carpey has been an active member of Teens Against Distracted Driving (TADD), a program which aims to educate teens on the dangers of multitasking at the wheel. Now, in addition to these efforts, Stuart is teaming up with End Distracted Driving (EndDD.org) to do even more in...

You Can't Multitask, So Just Stop Driving!

Stuart A. Carpey
November 25, 2011 19:28

Why can't that driver next to me stop texting while driving? According to a recent University of Kansas research study, texting is like any addiction. The study was done by Paul Atchley, Ph.D. ,  an associate professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Kansas. Texting is a social...

Pennsylvania State Senate Passes Ban on Texting While Driving

Stuart A. Carpey
November 07, 2011 19:20

On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Pennsylvania state senate passed a bill prohibiting citizens from texting while driving. The bill permits police officers to pull over drivers who appear to be texting at the wheel, with guilty parties standing to receive fines as high as $50 per offense. The bill will take...

Distracted Driving Accidents Echo Intoxication Caused Injuries

Jon L. Gelman
September 08, 2011 00:40

The New England Journal of Medicine reports that the activism against driving while intoxicated is beginning to be mirrored in distracted driving crashes. This parallel will probably cause workers' compensation courts and state legislature to...

Distracted Driving Alert: Nevada Bans Texting While Driving

July 21, 2011 09:53

We all know that distracted driving is dangerous, yet millions of drivers continue to engage in this dangerous behavior.Distracted drivers are a leading cause of vehicular accidents within the United States. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Distracted Driving 2009 report showed 5,474...