[trafficsafety] One in three young car drivers texting while driving ... !!!

New Jersey lawmakers may ban texting while driving

By Jon Hurdle

Mon Mar 26, 3:36 PM ET

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2622194620070326

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - New Jersey drivers who insist on sending text
messages on their cell phones or personal digital assistants may find
themselves on the wrong side of the law if legislators approve a new
bill.

The plan is in response to a recent Nationwide Insurance survey
finding that one in five drivers are texting while driving, a figure
that rises to about one in three among people aged 18 to 34, said
Democratic Assemblyman Paul Moriarty.

"It's extremely dangerous," said Moriarty, one of three sponsors of
the bill. "It requires you to completely take your eyes off the road.
I see people driving down the street using both their thumbs to send a
text message, and I can only imagine they are steering with their
knees."

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[trafficsafety] this Thursday: Traffic SafeTEA party at 39th and Hawthorne

Michael Kuhn wrote:
> I would like to suggest SE 39th and Hawthorne for an action. I walk
> across almost every day and seldom fail to see one or more gross
> violations of the red lights or peds in crosswalks.
>  

Hi all,

Third Thursday of the month is comming up, and that means it's time for...
 
Traffic SafeTEA Party
This Thursday, 4:30-6:30
SE 39th and Hawthorne
Hot tea, and bikey fellowship, and a message to motorists to please slow down while traveling through our neighborhoods.

Then we'll ride together to Free Geek for movies.
Bring snacks to share if you'd like.

Suggestions for locations?  Send them in.

Thanks, Jacque

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[trafficsafety] feds withhold crash data

Here's an interesting tidbit from NY Streets blog
It seems that the federal government is tracking each car crash and
using GPS to note the location, but they will not release this information

http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/03/08/feds-withhold-fatal-accident-info-from-public/#more-1403

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Aaron Tarfman
Transportation Diplomat
www.yourbodypower.org

"It's amazing to me that people can save $7000 a year by making a
/single/ lifestyle change."

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