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660,000 Motorists Regularly Text, Talk While Driving
2013-04-09 02:35:24| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Despite national campaigns, warnings, and gruesome statistics, a growing number of motorists continue to operate a mobile device while driving.
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When It Rains, It Pours: Study Confirms Climate Change Will Keep Driving More Intense Precipitation
2013-04-07 16:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Think Progress: Climate change will bring more and more extreme precipitation events this century. A new study from NOAA`s National Climatic Data Center confirms what climate scientists have long been saying about climate change`s effect on the hydrological cycle. If you are not familiar with this term, you are certainly familiar with what it describes. As the sun warms the earth, water evaporates from oceans, lakes, and rivers, which then form clouds that produce rain and snow. More evaporation happens when...
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California Judge: Illegal to Check Map on Phone While Driving
2013-04-07 05:36:11| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
It's the distraction — not the distinction of whether you're dialing a number, checking your email, or looking at a map — that's the issue for California drivers.
Is Bluetooth Really the Cure-All Solution for Distracted Driving?
2013-04-06 17:21:26| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
By Jon LeSage, contributing editor, Dealer Digest Daily SITUATION: Consumer Reports just reviewed four Bluetooth kits in the $35 to $60 range that can be paired with a cell phone or portable music player from Belkin, GoGroove, Jabra, and Motorola. Bluetooth is seen as a possible solution for two very popular distracted driving behaviors phone conversations and listening to music. A few simple pointers are offered on making this work effectively. SIGNIFICANCE: While the review and advice is useful, there are still a few critical questions that need to be answered by automakers and their technology partners for this cure-all solution to distracted driving to take hold with lots of drivers. For Automaker infotainment packages Toyota Entune, Ford Sync, BMW's ConnectedDrive, Buick IntelliLink, and Cadillac Cue how seamlessly is Bluetooth integrated into the package? Is it obvious and easy to use? Click here to read three questions that need to be answered by automakers and technology suppliers, and the critical role dealers can play in making all of it work. The Article Is Bluetooth Really the Cure-All Solution for Distracted Driving? appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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NHTSA survey finds 660,000 drivers while driving at any given daylight moment using cell phones or electronic devices
2013-04-05 19:30:25| Green Car Congress
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