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Electronics Top Distractions For Teen Drivers
(CBS News) - A new study of teen driving behavior has found that the use of electronic devices is the leader among distracted driving behaviors, and that teenage girls are twice as likely as boys to...
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TxDOT Encouraging Distracted Driving Awareness
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The Texas Department of Transportation has started a campaign to stop distracted driving. TxDOT is saying simply – Talk. Text. Crash. Officials say while distracted drivers...
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State Summit Addresses Need For Texting & Driving Ban
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The man in charge of the nation’s transportation system is taking aim at Texas and more than a dozen other states that don’t have bans on texting and driving. U.S....
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Wireless Provider Starts “Never Text & Drive” Campaign
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Today AT&T launched a campaign to persuade customers to give up texting and driving. The wireless provider is calling on drivers, particularly teens, to take a pledge to...
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Film On Texting Danger Makes Impact On Students
RICHARDSON (CBS 11 NEWS) – Melissa Fierro says she didn’t need to be asked not to text and drive. As she watched a documentary produced by AT&T, for a campaign called “It Can Wait”, Fierro was...
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Review: States Stepping Up Fight Against Distracted Driving
(credit: CBSDFW.COM) NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – While no U.S. state fully bans cell phone use while driving, a new report finds that many states are stepping up their efforts to fight distracted...
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It Can Wait: Documentary Discourages Texting And Driving
Texting while driving is a serious public safety concern. And now, a famous filmmaker is weighing in with a compelling and gritty documentary.
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Police Believe Allen Teen Was Texting Before Deadly Crash
Allen teenager Emily Rayyan Stambaugh was killed in a single car crash that police believe was the result of texting and driving. (credit: Allen Police Dept.) COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – A preliminary...
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Drug Tests, Texting Bans On 1st Day Of Bill Filing
AUSTIN (AP) — Drug testing for welfare recipients and another crack at a statewide texting-while-driving ban are among bills lawmakers are filing ahead of the first legislative session under Gov.-elect...
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Families Push For Statewide Ban On Texting While Driving
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) — Sitting behind pictures of loved ones killed in crashes, 15 Texas families tearfully pleaded with lawmakers to support a statewide...
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Text, Drive, Get Fined In Denton
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DENTON (CBSDFW.COM) -The grace period is over for drivers in Denton. Starting Monday, if you’re caught texting and driving, it will cost you. Drivers can expect a...
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Denton Cracks Down On Distracted Drivers
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20150216185600440AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DENTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Denton police say if they catch you texting while driving, you won’t be LOL....
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Drivers Still Dialing, But Want More ‘Behind The Wheel’ Phone Laws
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A new insurance company survey says that despite drivers’ continued push and support for laws restricting cellphone use while driving,...
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On Texting and Driving, North Texas Funeral Home Says “We Can Wait”
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter A Tarrant County funeral home is using a little dark humor to remind people not to text while driving. The Lucus Family of Funeral Homes has several billboards set...
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Advocates Heading To Austin To Push Texting And Driving Ban
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DENTON (CBS11) – Banning cells phone behind the wheel is a topic that has come up repeatedly in the Texas Legislature. Advocates and families who have lost loved...
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Witness Says Pickup Driver Said He Was Texting Before Crash
Follow KRLD: Facebook | Twitter NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KRLD-AM/AP) – A witness says the pickup driver who hit a church bus head-on, killing 13 older adults in Southwest Texas Wednesday, told him he had...
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Witness Account Of Deadly Crash Highlights Dangers Of Texting While Driving
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter HOUSTON (AP) — A witness says the driver of a pickup truck that collided with a church minibus in rural Texas, killing 13 people, acknowledged he had been texting...
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Investigators Collect Phone Data From Pickup Driver In Crash
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (AP) — A federal investigator said Monday that the agency has collected cellphone records from a pickup driver who a witness said admitted to being...
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Study: Texas Among Top 20 States With Most Distracted Drivers
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Many people guilty of using their phones while driving – even if they don’t admit it. According to a new study, distracted driving is...
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Texas Lawmakers Send Texting While Driving Ban To Governor Abbott
Follow KRLD: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) — A statewide ban on texting while driving is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk after being defeated repeatedly over the last decade. The House first...
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