A driver happened to see a kid texting-and-driving and weaving erratically so he decided to film him. It turned out to be a worthwhile effort as the kid crashed and struck two cars.  The video footage was eventually turned over to police. Everyone was OK, as seen in the second, follow-up video below. Don’t text [...]

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A new advertising campaign from the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership that encourages drivers to wear their seat belts is going viral. An internet phenomenon, ‘Embrace Life’ smashed through one million views online in less than two weeks and is being shown in front of James Cameron and Bill Gates at the TED.Com Conference in Long [...]

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The new British texting-while-driving PSA is disturbing.  In fact, you probably shouldn’t watch this video if you don’t want to be scarred for life. The video depicts a carload full of teenage girls, merrily enjoying their day, until the driver tries to send a text message. The initial accident is brutal enough, then there is [...]

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The DC Metro system is having quite a bad day today.  Not only did we uncover a video earlier today of an operator texting on the job, we’ve now uncovered video of an operator sleeping on the job.  Yes, we said sleeping…caught on tape. In the latest Metro fail, a 14-year-old boy captured video of [...]

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UPDATE: It gets better.  There is now video circulating of a Metro operator sleeping on the job as well. This is not the kind of P.R. the Washington DC Metro would wants right now. A video has surfaced on YouTube showing a DC Metro train operator text messaging while operating a train. This is clearly [...]

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A new study shows that 1 in 4 people in the U.S. text while driving. The survey was done by Vlingo. There were 4,800 participants. Only a few states currently ban texting while driving, including Washington state and New Jersey (and soon to be Maryland). So what’s the big deal?  Really, I can text and [...]

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