texting while driving - AllTwitter http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter The Unofficial Twitter Resource Copyright 2013 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:07:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Tollway Delivers Real-Time Traffic Info Via Twitter, But Reminds Drivers It’s Illegal To Look While Driving In a move that seems too ridiculous to be real, there is a tollway in America that is planning to share real-time traffic info with motorists via tweets.

Illinois residents take note!

And let’s hope this doesn’t spread to other states.

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]]> Mary C. Long http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/tollway-delivers-real-time-traffic-info-via-twitter-but-reminds-drivers-its-illegal-to-look-while-driving_b31487#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/tollway-delivers-real-time-traffic-info-via-twitter-but-reminds-drivers-its-illegal-to-look-while-driving_b31487 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=31487 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:00:45 +0000 Social Media More Dangerous Than Drink Driving (So Don’t Tweet Behind The Wheel), Say Police Using mobile phones to access social media sites when behind the wheel can be more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol, says a new report.

Research undertaken by the Transport Research Laboratory and the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) found that drivers’ reaction times slowed by 38 percent when using their mobile phones to access sites such as Twitter and Facebook whilst controlling a moving vehicle.

In contrast, drivers at the alcohol drink-drive limit have a typical delayed reaction of just 12 percent.

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]]> Shea Bennett http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-driving_b22087#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-driving_b22087 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=22087 Thu, 03 May 2012 06:00:12 +0000