Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has devoted her entire career to public safety and public health. Therefore, no one should be surprised if this former nurse now turned politician for the state of New York is sponsoring the first federal bill that could ban texting while driving.
 “Driving while making a phone call, texting or using apps can [...]

We can all agree that texting while driving is becoming a problem on the roads these days.   So far, lawmakers have been focusing on banning drivers from exchanging text messages.  But what if the issue wasn’t so much texting, but driving?
In a recent Wired article, blog columnist Clive Thompson had an interesting thought.  He figured [...]

The American Automobile Association is on a mission to put a nation-wide ban on texting while driving in the next 3 years.
Citing a 2008 study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Association reporting that car accidents caused by drivers who were using their cellphone while driving accounted for 5,870 fatalities and 515,000 injuries nationwide, AAA [...]