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Articles Written by: MATT RICHTEL
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Matt Richtel writes the syndicated comic Rudy Park under the penname Theron Heir. The strip is illustrated by Darrin Bell. Richtel also works as a reporter for the New York Times, where he writes under his real name.
Federal employees will not be allowed to text while driving, according to an executive order signed Wednesday night by President Obama.
The order covers federal employees when they are using government-provided cars or cellphones and when they are ...
From MATT RICHTEL,
Boston Globe,
2 Oct 2009
Federal employees will no longer be allowed to send text messages while driving government vehicles or when driving their own cars and using cellphones paid for by the government, according to an executive order signed Wednesday night be President ...
JOPLIN, Mo. Looking back, Paul Dekok wonders what he was thinking that May morning when the urgent call came in. Mr. Dekok, a manager at the Potash Corporation, learned that a 25-ton truckload of the company’s additive for livestock feed had been ...
Crisscrossing the country, hundreds of thousands of long-haul truckers use computers in their cabs to get directions and stay in close contact with dispatchers, saving precious minutes that might otherwise be spent at the side of the road.
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After decades of marriage, Terry and Debbie Buchen learned to work through various marital issues. Then something new came between them his cellphone.
Terry and Debbie Buchen argued over Mr. Buchens inability to stop texting while driving.
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An organization of state highway safety officials on Monday plans to call for a ban on texting while driving, joining a growing chorus of legislators and safety advocates endorsing such a policy.
The group, the Governors Highway Safety Association, ...
Reggie Shaw, texting, caused a car accident that killed two scientists headed to work.
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LOGAN, Utah In most states, if somebody is texting behind the wheel and causes a crash that injures or kills someone, the penalty can be as light as a ...
The Department of Transportation plans to hold a summit meeting on distracted driving in September, according to a safety advocate who was invited to participate.
David Teater, a spokesman for the National Safety Council, a nonprofit advocacy group, ...
The first study of drivers texting inside their vehicles shows that the risk sharply exceeds previous estimates based on laboratory research and far surpasses the dangers of other driving distractions.
Articles in this series will examine the dangers ...
In 2003, researchers at a federal agency proposed a long-term of study of 10,000 drivers to assess the safety risk posed by cellphone use behind the wheel.
No public health and safety agency should allow its research to be suppressed for political ...
