Federal Employees Now Banned From Texting While Driving
10.02.09 |
essages while driving a government vehicle or while on official government business. It is meant to have an impact on the number of so called "distracted driving" accidents nationwide. The Department of Transportation recently reported nearly six-thousand people died in automotive crashes involving a distracted or inattentive driver last year. Tens of thousands were injured. On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood opened a two-day Distracted Driving Summit calling the now-common use of electronic devices in a moving vehicle a "menace to society." The DOT says more than 800-thousand vehicles are on U.S. roads at any given moment being driven by someone focusing their attention on a cell phone or other device rather than their driving.
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