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Quit Texting, Warn Pennsylvania Turnpike Officials
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (CBS) – The Pennsylvania Turnpike is kicking off an awareness program designed to discourage the millions of drivers who use the toll road every year from texting while driving....
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Survey Says 1-in-5 Surf Web While Driving
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - All the new technology available at our fingertips could be making driving more dangerous. An unscientific State Farm survey of licensed drivers indicates folks are not only...
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Federal Study Shows Distracted Driving Widespread
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – New information released Monday by the US Department of Transportation shows 63% of drivers under the age of 30 are using cell phones behind the wheel. And that can be a dangerous...
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Pa. House Committee Advances Bills On Distracted Driving
HARRISBURG Pa. (CBS) – The state House Transportation Committee has advanced a series of bills dealing with distracted drivers and teen drivers. In addition to a bill that would place more restrictions...
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Overturn Of Allentown, Pa. Cell Phone Driving Law Immaterial For...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Philadelphia’s ban on handheld cell phone use while driving remains fully in effect, according to local officials, despite a ruling late last week that overturned a similar law in...
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Pa. House Passes Junior Driver And Distracted Driving Bills
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) – The state House Tuesday approved bills dealing with junior drivers and distracted drivers. The junior driver bill passed by the House (see related story) contains provisions...
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Distracted Driving Bills Face More Opposition In Pa. Senate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS)- Once again, state lawmakers are tackling the issue of distracted driving and once again, it seems members of the Senate are not willing to go as far as their colleagues in the...
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Pennsylvania Senate Gets Tougher On Texting While Driving
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) - The state Senate has taken a major step – approving an amendment that would ban texting while driving in Pennsylvania. The state Senate has been reluctant to go as far as the...
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Distracted Driving Bill Moves To Pa. House After Passing In Senate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) - The ball appears to be in the state house’s court now that the senate has approved legislation that would address junior driver and distracted driver issues. The state senate on...
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Corbett Could Get Texting Ban Bill Today
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) – Texting while driving may soon be illegal in Pennsylvania. The state House passed a bill Monday making texting while driving a primary offense and the state Senate is expected...
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Pa. Legislature Sends No-Texting-While-Driving Bill To Gov. Corbett
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) -- Pretty soon, you’ll have to resist the urge to pick up your cell phone and send a text response to your BFF while behind the wheel in Pennsylvania. Governor Tom Corbett was...
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Gov. Corbett Saddened But Circumspect As Penn State Scandal Unfolds
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) – Governor Tom Corbett says he is “disappointed” by the lack of action on the part of Penn State officials who handled the allegations of child sex abuse that are shaking the...
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Corbett Signs Texting While Driving Ban Into Law
HARRISBURG, Pa (CBS) – Governor Tom Corbett has signed a bill that will make it illegal to send text messages while driving in Pennsylvania. Governor Corbett ventured to a cell phone store in suburban...
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NTSB Wants To Ban Talking While Driving, Even With Hands-Free Devices
By Ian Bush and Jim Melwert PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Forget texting while driving. The National Transportation Safety Board wants states to ban talking while you’re behind the wheel, as well — except in...
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Ramsey Attributes Spike In Car Crashes To Increased Cell Phone Use
By Paul Kurtz PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says he’s concerned about a recent surge in fatal traffic accidents. The alarming statistics became a topic at one of the...
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Don’t Drive And Text
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The Philadelphia police commissioner raised the alert flag last week and I am in total agreement. We have a major public health problem in...
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Suburban Law Enforcement Officials Concerned About Enforcing Texting Ban
By Brad Segall RADNOR, Pa. (CBS) – Pennsylvania’s new texting ban takes effect Thursday and that has suburban police departments gearing up for enforcing the new law. The law makes texting behind the...
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Stigall Show Log 3.6.12
5:43 Don’t expect to see the Primary race end after Super Tuesday. 6:12 Congressman Chaka Fattah says that the FBI raid on his son’s home and office is causing excitement because of his name. Chaka...
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AAA, Pennsylvania Officials Put New ‘No Texting’ Law On Area Billboards
By Paul Kurtz PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The motorist marketing organization AAA and government officials have launched a billboard and signage campaign in support of the no-texting-while-driving law that...
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SecuraFone App
By Chris Morris PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - On today’s APP-tastic and outta SITE – SecuraFone. Need to know where someone is in a hurry? The SecuraFone app uses the GPS technology that’s embedded in most...
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Pennsylvania’s Texting Law Goes Into Effect, Supersedes Philadelphia’s Cell Laws
By Jim Melwert PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Pennsylvania’s new no-texting-while-driving law went into effect Thursday morning. But Philadelphia’s top-cop says the law is a “step backwards” for Philadelphia....
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Stigall Show Log 3.8.12
5:43 There are plenty of stories in the media claiming Rick Sanotum has a problem with women. 5:50 Peyton Manning has been released by the Colts and is now free agent. Peyton Manning (Photo by Joey...
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App 4 Driver
By Chris Morris PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - On today’s APP-tastic and outta SITE – App4Driver. There aren’t a lot of apps on the market that actually make you a better driver, but App4Drivers might just be...
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Cops Probe Whether Woman Was Texting in Upper Darby Car Crash
By Brad Segall UPPER DARBY, Pa. (CBS) — Police in Upper Darby want to know whether a driver involved in a single-car crash over the weekend was texting right before she lost control of her vehicle....
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AAA: Drivers In Philadelphia, Suburbs Worst ‘Texting While Driving’ Offenders
By Kim Glovas PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania’s no texting while driving law is now one year old, and a look at statistics shows that Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs are responsible for most...
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Canary App Alerts Parents Of Teens Who Text While Driving
By Kim Glovas PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Texting is high on the list of what you should not do while driving, but many drivers are still doing it. Now, there’s an app for that. Just like the canary in the...
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NJ Court Rules on Liability When Sending Texts to Drivers
By David Madden TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) — A three-judge appellate panel in New Jersey has made a decision that could affect anyone in the state who uses text messaging, whether you’re driving or not. The...
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NJ Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Protect Text Sender From Crash Liability
By David Madden TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) — Last week, we told you about a New Jersey appeals court ruling that could make people liable in court if they text someone they know is behind the wheel of a car....
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College Students Admit To Digital Distractions
By Dr. Marciene Mattleman PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – College kids are supposed to be smart; but some research shows otherwise. According to a Huffington Post article by Tyler Kingkade, in findings from Kings...
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In Radnor, Students Get Sobering Reminders About Distracted Driving
By Brad Segall RADNOR, Pa. (CBS) — School district officials and Radnor police are driving home the dangers of distracted driving in a very visual way this week. Students at Radnor High School returned...
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OMG: Adults Far More Likely Than Teens To Use Phones, Text While Driving
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – OMG: Mom and Dad might be texting while driving way more often than their kids, new research shows. The report, done by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, reveals that adult...
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AAA Study Finds Adults Are More Likely To Text While Driving Than Teens
By Mark Abrams PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - OMG! A survey conducted by Triple-A shows texting and driving by adults is a bigger problem than it is for teens. The survey compiled by the Triple-A Foundation...
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New Numbers Show Which Philadelphia-Area Counties Have Most Texting While...
By Brad Segall NORRISTOWN, Pa. (CBS) — New figures released by a legislative agency in Harrisburg show which counties in the Philadelphia area have the highest numbers of texting while driving...
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Police: Texting While Driving Citations In Philadelphia Down In 2014
By Michelle Durham PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A law banning texting while driving went into effect in March 2012, since that time Philadelphia Police have tracked how many citations have been issued to...
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Cellphones Not The Only Cause Of Distracted Driving
By Amy E. Feldman PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - What’s a distraction affected accident? A common occurrence. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 3,328 people killed and...
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Survey: Texting While Driving Makes Other Drivers Really, Really Mad
By Jan Carabeo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A lot more people are going to be hitting the road very soon with Memorial Day and summer right around the corner. So State Police are reminding folks to follow the...
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Higher Penalties For Texting While Driving In NJ Begin Today
By Tim Jimenez TRENTON, NJ (CBS) – Distracted driving in New Jersey is going to cost you more if you get caught, and it all starts today. Fines for texting or talking on your cell phone while driving...
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In South Jersey, Driving Home A Lesson About Texting While Driving
By David Madden MEDFORD, N.J. (CBS) — Students at the Burlington County Institute of Technology today got an up-close-and-personal taste of the dangers of texting behind the wheel. The Phillies even...
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Officials Aim To Put Brakes On Distracted Driving In Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month — and drawing attention to the dangerous behavior is apparently needed, especially in the Philadelphia region. It’s against the law in...
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