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In The News
Driving While Texting Caused 16,000 Deaths
(The Christian Science Monitor, September 23, 2010)
Texting while driving: Adults are just as bad as teens, study finds
(The Christian Science Monitor, July 28, 2010)
Texting while driving: the new drunk driving
(The Christian Science Monitor, November 5, 2009)
Leonard Pitts Jr: Put brakes on driving while texting
(Tallahassee Democrat, August 10, 2009)
Ted Deutch: Banning texting while driving: Florida must act now
(Tallahassee Democrat, August 4, 2009)
Facts
& Statistics: Cell phones and driving
(Insurance
Information Institute, August 2009)
Data Chart: Safety Cell Phone Laws, by State
(Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, August 2009)
Text-messaging teen driver crashes into police car
(St. Petersburg Times, May 22, 2009)
Ticketing Text Messengers
(Gainesville Sun, February 9, 2009)
Florida Representative Doug Holder Introduces Legislation Banning Text Messageing While Driving
(Press Release, January 22, 2009)
Texting and Driving--A Deadly Combination
(WKAIT8.com, Jonsboro, AZ, December 5, 2008)
Allstate Insurance Company Holiday Teen Driving Hotspots Study Reveals Areas with Highest Rates of Deadly Teen Crashes from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day
(Allstate.com, December 3, 2008)
Family 'couldn't be happier' about bicyclist death indictment
(ocRegister.com, November 19, 2008)
Driving while texting - Do you know the cost?
(CNN.com, November 14, 2008)

Texting while driving is bad, doctors agree
(REUTERS, November 10, 2008)
Big Telecom Won't Make Call to Disuade Texting, Driving: Editorial (Tallahasssee.com, October 16, 2008)
Outlaw Texting and Driving in Florida: Editorial (TheLedger.com, October 13, 2008)
Electronic gadgets make us dangerously disconnected (TampaBay.com, October 12, 2008)
California Governor Terminates Texting While Driving: Law Would Start Jan. 1, 2009 (CBSnews.com, 9/25/08)
Hazards of texting:
Train crash probe renews focus on dangers of texting while driving (Buffalo News AP, 9/17/08) 
Hawaii Considers DWT Ban (KALEO.org, 2/7/08)
Several States Trying to Ban Texting While Driving (CNN.com, 1/21/08)
Texting Kills Two in New Zealand (Stuff.co.ze, The Dominion Post, 1/17/08)
Virginia Considers Ban on Driving While Texting (WashingtonPost.com, 1/12/08)
Fatal hit-run driver was texting, DA says (Boston.com, 12/29/07)
STUDY: The Impact of Driver Inattention
on Near-Crash/Crash Risk (US Department of Transportation, April 2006)
Fatal hit-run driver was texting, DA says (Boston.com, The Boston Journal, 12/29/07)
Should
Driving While Texting Be A Crime? (MSN.com for The
Wall Street Journal)
AZ
Ordinance: Text-Free is the Way to be While Driving (GCCvoice.com,
10/3/07)
Texting
While Driving Should be Illegal (FoxNews.com,
9/18/07)
Text
messaging to blame for fatal accident (AZCentral.com,
8/14/07)
Texting
results in Deadly Crash (Newcastle, England,
7/22/07)
Washington
State bans texting while driving (NetworkWorld.com,
5/12/07)
Driving
While Texting: A Clear Dangerl (CBSnews.com,
11/22/06)
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