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Teacher Killed in Texting While Driving Accident | Teens Against Distracted Driving
Sadly, Megan Schneider, a school teacher in Colorado, died in an auto accident last week. Icy roads were determined to be a factor in the accident, but so were other causes including sending texts while she was driving. Continue to Straight Talk Law to learn the...
Texting and Driving is Dangerous: High School Essay | Teens Against Distracted Driving
Texting and driving is dangerous, we all know this. In order to figure out how to truly put an end to the habit, maybe we should be listening to what the teenagers themselves have to say. Traverse City West Senior High School junior Kelly Brown wrote the following...
5 Must Read Tips to Help Break Texting While Driving Habit | Teens Against Distracted Driving
Even though more and more States across the United States are passing bans on texting while driving, many people still cannot resist the urge to pick up their phone and send or read their daily text messages. Because we all know how dangerous it really is, we should...
Texting While Driving Proven To Be More Dangerous Than Drunk Driving | Teens Against Distracted Driving
An experiment that took place on a deserted air strip looked to measure how dangerous texting while driving really is. With the cars traveling at 70 miles an hour, drivers reaction times were measured in different circumstances. Reactions were measured when the...
Technology Companies Attempt to Help Put an End to Texting While Driving | Teens Against Distracted Driving
It looks like technology companies have begun to join the fight against texting while driving. Cellcontrol has developed a device that prevents any texting while the driver's vehicle is in motion. Learn more about the device that could prevent car accidents at...
You Be the Verdict. New Cell Phone Device, Safe or Stupid? | Teens Against Distracted Driving
While lawmakers are doing their best to put an end to texting and driving, some individuals will do whatever they can to find ways to "safely" use their cell phones in the car. Some of the new devices for phone usage in the car that are coming out could do more harm...
Computer Simulator Reveals the Dangers of Texting While Driving | Teens Against Distracted Driving
A computer simulator has found that texting while driving does in fact distract you long enough to cause minor traffic infractions and increase your chances of causing a major car accident or making a fatal error. Watch the simulator video here Teens Against...
Anti-Texting While Driving Bans in Missouri Showing Little Results | Teens Against Distracted Driving
While Missouri has recently made laws to help stop the use of texting while driving, officials say that the bans have so far been difficult to enforce. Missouri passed the ban five months ago and since then police have only issued 13 tickets for the texting while...
Texting is Now Illegal for Truck and Bus Drivers | Teens Against Distracted Driving
By now was all know that texting while driving is a serious problem. Countless car accidents and injuries ranging from mild to severe occur as a result of texting while driving. This is true in Seattle, in all of Washington State, and throughout the country. What is...
Texting While Driving Trial of Martin Kuehl Begins | Teens Against Distracted Driving
What happens when someone is texting while driving and hits and kills a pedestrian? The trial of a 42-year-old man from Costa Mesa, California began on Monday. Read more about this texting while driving car accident at Straight Talk Law Teens Against Distracted...
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Young Race Driver and TADD Spokesperson Profiled in Inside Polk Magazine
Dylan Martin, the young Florida State race driver making a name for himself on the local and national scenes, was profiled in the latest issue of Inside Polk. Among his career highlights and personal story of becoming involved in racing, he gives a big shout-out to...
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Teens Against Distracted Driving was created by Jason Epstein, a personal injury attorney in Bellevue.
You can find more information about Jason’s work at Premier Law Group.
Contact Jason at: 206-285-1743 or email Jason@premierlawgroup.com
