Many schools have strict policies against texting in class, and many teachers take away phones from students who are caught texting.
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Posted 08 September 2010
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L’Observateur HAHNVILLE – Three Luling teenagers were hospitalized with serious injuries Saturday after a Luling woman ran into them with her car while she was allegedly texting on her cell phone behind the wheel, according to a spokesman for the St. Charles Sheriff’s Office.
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Posted 08 September 2010
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GRAND FORKS – Starting Oct. 15, texting and driving in Grand Forks could get you a $15 ticket, according to a new law the City Council passed Tuesday. Talk about this topic
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Posted 07 September 2010
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HUNTINGTON — A texting preparedness drill is planned during the Friends of Coal Bowl game between Marshall and WVU on Friday, Sept. 10.
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Posted 07 September 2010
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The 17-year-old driver of a car that crashed into a Floyds Knobs house admitted he was texting while driving when he lost control of the vehicle, according to police.
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Posted 07 September 2010
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An 18-year-old convicted of assaulting a deputy sheriff who asked him to stop texting in a courtroom has been sentenced to a month in jail.
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Posted 07 September 2010
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GRAND FORKS – Starting Oct. 15, texting and driving in Grand Forks could get you a $15 ticket, according to a new law the City Council passed today.
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Posted 07 September 2010
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The RCMP are investigating whether a fatal crash near Pokiok was caused by a driver who was texting while driving.
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Posted 07 September 2010
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Fans will be encouraged to text the word “SAFE” to a designated number shown on the scoreboard during the game.
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Posted 07 September 2010
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RCMP say they believe texting on a cellphone may have been a factor in a fatal crash Monday in southern New Brunswick.
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Posted 07 September 2010
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Text messagers beware. A new state law that makes texting while driving a primary offense for which a driver may be stopped went into effect Sunday.
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Posted 07 September 2010
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Despite strict policies, nearly half of high-schoolers are texting in the classroom. Education – K through 12 – Educators – Personal and Class Pages – United States
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Posted 07 September 2010
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Floyds Knobs, Ind. (WHAS)–Texting, police said, is what cause a 17-year-old to lose control of his vehicle and crash into a Floyds Knobs, Ind. home Monday. The accident happened just before 3 p.m. when the teen driver and his 14-year-old half sister were traveling east on Old Vincennes Road. Police said the teen was traveling to fast and was texting, causing him to lose control of the vehicle …
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Posted 07 September 2010
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Vermont State Police ticketed a motorcyclist in Waltham for texting while driving. …
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You see people doing it all the time — multitasking while driving. But texting while driving kills, and this family is sharing their story.
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Posted 06 September 2010
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Drinking and driving and texting behind the wheel. That’s what the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said caused a rollover accident, with an infant and child in the car, south of Lawton.
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Posted 06 September 2010
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Some medical experts are seeing mixed messages when it comes to texting addiction.
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Posted 06 September 2010
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Texting and the “send” button are major distractions in classrooms across the United States. The average teenager sends about 50 text messages a day while at school – despite the fact that most schools ban text messaging.
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Posted 06 September 2010
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Two Montana teenagers texting in search of some marijuana got the wrong number. Seriously wrong. They wound up messaging the local sheriff, and he messaged right back.
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Posted 06 September 2010
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Two Montana teenagers texting in search of some marijuana got the wrong number. Seriously wrong. They wound up messaging the local sheriff, and he messaged right back.
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Posted 06 September 2010
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“103 text messages?!” I wail, staring at the screen of my daughter’s cell-phone. “But I didn’t even know you knew how to text!” “Mom, you’re the one who got me the cell phone,” my 1O-year-old reminds me. “I know! So you could call me, not your…
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Posted 06 September 2010
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It’s bad to get in a car wreck.
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Posted 06 September 2010
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