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I see just as many folks texting on the roads. The best one was at Easton - 4 kids in a car, the driving holding a phone, texting, the other three watching what she was doing on the phone. While moving down the street.
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Texting While Driving Ban - News & Updates
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TaraK
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GCrites80s wrote >>
Haw. I saw a lot of people in Amsterdam texting on their bikes.A couple of days ago I was walking down 3rd when I saw, no shit, a guy on a unicycle listening to his iPod and reading a book -- all while pedaling on one wheel on German Vilage brick sidewalk. Just as soon as my little brain thought, "How is he not wrecking?" there he went.
Moral: I don't know. But that was way crazier than texting.
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GCrites80s
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I suppose the average unicycle pilot is more skilled than the average American driver, though we may need a juggling chainsaws while driving ban to be totally safe.
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Walker
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Texters getting caught behind wheel, but not for what you think
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
BY ELIZABETH GIBSON
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCHCentral Ohio drivers are being pulled over as the result of texting while driving, but police say newly passed bans aren't necessarily the reason.
A year after Bexley became the first city in central Ohio to prohibit texting while behind the wheel, police say they haven't issued a single ticket under the law.
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Walker
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Dublin considers banning texting while driving
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
BY JENNIFER NOBLIT
THISWEEK COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERSDublin could be the next Ohio city to prohibit texting while driving. Amendments to the city's distracted-driving ordinance that would allow police officers to cite motorists who are texting while driving is headed for a final reading before the the City Council on Feb. 14.
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groundrules
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i used to be really against texting while driving, then I got a sweet new phone.
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Walker
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Man Indicted In County's First Texting While Driving Case
Thursday, February 10, 2011
WBNS-10TVThe Franklin County Grand Jury has indicted a man in what the prosecutor said was the county's first case of aggravated vehicular homicide while texting. Daniel R. Jacobs was charged in a July crash that killed a 16-year-old boy during a driver's education class, 10TV's Kevin Landers reported.
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Walker
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Texting drivers could face $150 fine if bill passes
By Laura A. Bischoff, Columbus Bureau
Wednesday, February 16, 2011Motorists who text while driving could be pulled over by police and fined $150 if a bill introduced Tuesday becomes law.
State Rep. Nancy Garland, D-New Albany, who unsuccessfully pushed the idea in the last legislative session, is pushing for the statewide ban. “A man in central Ohio who was texting while driving was recently indicted for vehicular homicide and assault charges in a crash that killed a teenage driver,†she said.
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Walker
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42 drivers ticketed for texting in first year of ban
Thursday, May 5, 2011
BY ROBERT VITALE
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCHColumbus police wrote fewer than one ticket per week on average in the first year of a citywide ban on texting while driving.
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Static-X
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Do you honestly think someone who works for the CPD is going to go out of their way to pull someone over for texting? I'm suprised they wrote one ticket for texting. The CPD is voice activated and has to be told where to go to police/protect the community. And with all of this new re-districting with CPD, they don't have enough time to police something that has been proven to be more dangerous than drinking and driving.Walker wrote >>
42 drivers ticketed for texting in first year of ban
Thursday, May 5, 2011
BY ROBERT VITALE
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Columbus police wrote fewer than one ticket per week on average in the first year of a citywide ban on texting while driving.
READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/05/05/42-drivers-ticketed-for-texting-in-first-year-of-ban.html?sid=101Posted 2 years ago # -
groundrules
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In michigan, where it's illegal in the entire state, the cops are pulling people over if they spot it or suspect it. The creepiest thing is they're also employing data retrieval devices to plug into your phone and look at your recent activity. Of course the ACLU is a bit annoyed by this, but it's still going on.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/21/us-michigan-cellphones-idUSTRE73K5CB20110421
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I live near a highschool and there is a lot of teen traffic. Invariably there is a teen sitting at a light texting away. Heck, it is funny to see the kids walking like zombies staring at their phones oblivious to the world around them. I think the CU crowd is a bit older and can 'unplug' a bit more responsibly.
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groundrules
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you know that woman sued the mall, right?
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groundrules wrote >>
you know that woman sued the mall, right?It says she sued because the security guards taped themselves laughing at her and posted it on youtube. It says she laughs at herself and what happened but is realizing why 'mall security is mall security'. I don't think she will win, but wonder what happens to demoted mall security.
It brings up another thing I saw recently. There was a wreck at the intersection near the school. Some kid, who it turned out had nothing to do with either car, was walking around filming the wreck with his cell phone. One driver ended up yelling at him to get the fuck away. I think part of the zombie detachment carries over to this type of voyeurism.
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afrin0808
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We NEED your help saving lives. Cell phones are something we can't live without. Texting & Driving will cause you to NOT live anymore. Text Tastefully.Please take the TADPOLE Pledge today!!
http://toadd.org/tadpole/pledgePosted 1 year ago # -
Walker
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Ohio House would ban texting while driving
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
BY BEN GEIER
The Columbus DispatchOhio moved closer to joining the 30 states that already ban texting while driving after the Ohio House voted today to outlaw the practice.
The measure, co-sponsored by Rep. Nancy Garland, D-New Albany, and Rep. Rex Damschroder, R-Fremont, would ban entering or reading text messages on any device, including cellphones, personal digital assistants and laptop computers, while driving.
READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/06/28/29texting.html?sid=101
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Tenzo
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It should be extended to using the phone in any matter by the driver while the cehicle is in motion. That is what cities have.
It really should not matter if you are dialing a number, texting or plugging info into a gps. You are driving a mass of metal with tremendous kinetic energy that inattention for 2 seconds can cause death.
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