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• Automobile Fun: 89% of Americans Want Texting While Driving Outlawed

  Published: August 7, 2007, 8:58 am

  Tags: Automobile Fun, Cellphones, Driving, Gadgets, Press, Texting, Transportation, Wireless

  According to a 2,049-person poll, demographically weighted proportionally to the US, 89% of adults think that text messenging while driving is "distracting, dangerous, and should be outlawed." So how many of those polled text and drive anyway? 66% So is this a situation of "we know it's for our own good," or, "those other people can't text while

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• In Brief: Speaking of texting while driving, some girl ...

  Published: August 8, 2007, 4:47 pm

  Tags: Driving, Texting

  Speaking of texting while driving, some girl is texting while driving on the Wild 94.9 Justin.TV feed [JustinTV]

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• It has a name, part II: "smexting"

  Published: August 10, 2007, 3:28 pm

  Tags: Cellphone, Cigarette, Messaging, Phone, Smexting, Smoke, Smoking, Sms, Text, Texting

  of the ban are turning to texting to give their fidgety, nerve-wracked fingers something to do and to seek support from friends. The behavior, which arguably didn't need a name, is being called "smexting." Looks like the money saved on cancer sticks is going straight to the carriers -- but hey, at least it's a little safer (or not).[Via

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• Dominos now accepting pizza orders via SMS... in the UK

  Published: August 17, 2007, 1:38 pm

  Tags: Delivery, Dominos, Food, Pizza, Sms, Texting, Txt

  Filed under: Cellphones If you thought ordering pizza online was the best thing since Deep Dish, you'll be delighted to know that the next logical step in getting pizza to your mouth with minimal effort is here... if you reside in the UK, that is. Reportedly, Dominos is now allowing customers surrounding its 470 UK-based locations to place their

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• Teenager hit by train whilst texting, somehow survives

  Published: August 23, 2007, 2:06 am

  Tags: Accident, Ohio, Sms, Text, Text Message, Text Messaging, Texting, Textmessage, Textmessaging, Train, Wreck

  Granted, this isn't the first run-in we've seen between trains and an SMS-minded individual, but the former story certainly didn't involve a train coming into contact with a human. This time, however, an 18-year old Ohio resident managed to get carted away from a devastating collision after being struck by an oncoming locomotive. The kid

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• UK drivers caught texting could get 2 years behind bars

  Published: September 8, 2007, 4:22 pm

  Tags: Accident, Cars, Drive, Driving, Sms, Text, Texting, Traffic

  Drivers caught texting or operating a range of gadgets behind the wheel -- including MP3 players and GPS systems -- could face a new maximum of two years in prison. Currently the crime is punishable by £2,500 fines or community orders, although the most common offense is using a mobile phone whilst driving, which results in a

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• Text messaging homework angers parents

  Published: September 10, 2007, 1:02 pm

  Tags: Acronyms, Cell Phone, Cellphone, Grand Prairie Texas, Grandprairietexas, Homework, Jackson Middle School, Jacksonmiddleschool, Text, Text Language, Text Message, Text Messaging Homework, Texting, Textlanguage, Textmessage, Textmessaginghomework

  learn the secret language of texting via a homework assignment. And that has some parents steamed.The sixth graders were instructed by their math teacher to decode a list of twenty text-messaging abbreviations. Maybe this was meant to be a lesson in research or something, but the fact that the list included codes such as (KPC) Keeping Parents

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• Laws target teens texting and driving

  Published: September 13, 2007, 11:36 am

  Tags: California Texting Law, Californiatextinglaw, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Driving, Legal, Teen Drivers, Teen Specific Laws, Teenage Drivers, Teenage Driving, Teenagedrivers, Teenagedriving, Teendrivers, Teenspecificlaws, Text Messaging, Texting, Texting Driving, Texting Laws

  and talking? Driving and texting. While there is scant scientific evidence of the hazards of texting and driving, common sense says it is dangerous. And since it is inexperienced teen drivers who are most likely to be doing this, some states are considering laws that would ban them from using electronic devices while operating a vehicle.

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• Teens: hang up and drive in California

  Published: September 14, 2007, 4:35 am

  Tags: California, Cell Phone, Cell Phones, Cellphone, Cellphones, Drivers License, Driverslicense, Driving, Laws, Mobile, Mobile Phones, Mobilephones, Texting

  Filed under: Gear, Health and Safety, Teenager, 15-19 years, Mobile phonesYesterday, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill prohibiting teenagers from using "mobile service devices" -- including cell phones, iPhones, pagers, laptops, and other such gadgets -- while driving. There are already more than a dozen other states that bar teens from using

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• Three men jailed for driving while using their mobile phones in India

  Published: October 9, 2007, 12:01 pm

  Tags: General, Driving Mobile, Safe Driving, Texting While Driving, Using Mobile Phone Driving

  We already know that using a cellphone or any other mobile device is prohibited in many countries. Hack, we’ve even seen UK government passing the law under which drivers in the country may end-up in jail for using their devices while driving. And now, we have three men in Mumbai, India being jailed for driving while using a mobile phone.

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• Let Me Text You While I'm Driving....

  Published: October 15, 2007, 4:44 pm

  Tags: Driving, Idiots, Outlaw, Text Messages, Texting

  a piece of my mind about texting. On the news this morning they were asking if they should outlaw texting while driving. WTF.....how is that even a question???????????????? Are you kidding me?????? No, let's not outlaw that one...as a matter of fact, why not just build an LCD screen that fits right over your windshield so that you can

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• Textual Healing: Guys Txt Fastr Whn Thy Like U ; (

  Published: October 24, 2007, 6:30 pm

  Tags: Being Dumped Via Text Sucks Especially When It S Your Birthday, Dating, Flirting, Text Messages, Texting, Textual Healing

  According to a study just released in the UK, relationships and dating are more complicated now because of text messaging. 500,000 people reported having sent up to 100 "flirtatious" texts a month.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• There Goes A.B., Trying To Deny It Again [AB Has STD Ewww]

  Published: November 9, 2007, 10:40 am

  Tags: Ab Has Std Ewww, Baseball, St Louis Cardinals, Texting, Top

  We know we should enjoy those text messages that are put on the scoreboard during baseball games these days -- it's fan participation, after all -- but inevitably they just seem like the screechings of teenagers, using a language we cannot understand. But we dont' take them seriously. But then again: We're not a teenager. As the St. Louis

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• There Goes A.B., Trying To Deny It Again [AB Has STD Ewww]

  Published: November 9, 2007, 10:40 am

  Tags: Ab Has Std Ewww, Baseball, St Louis Cardinals, Texting, Top

  We know we should enjoy those text messages that are put on the scoreboard during baseball games these days -- it's fan participation, after all -- but inevitably they just seem like the screechings...

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• Cre8txt Keyboard Lets You Practice Texting [Keyboards]

  Published: November 12, 2007, 3:30 pm

  Tags: Cre8txt, Keyboard, Keyboards, Sms, Texting

  that you're actually texting your BFF Jill instead of trying to compose a 30,000 word essay. We suppose it might be useful as a one-handed keyboard for, we don't know, presentations? Or some other activity you do that occupies one hand? [Cre8txt via Shiny Shiny]

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