texting

If a new Texas bill passes through the state Senate, it will be illegal to text while driving in the Lone Star State.

The Oklahoma State House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday (02-24-15) that will prohibit drivers from texting while operating a motor vehicle. HB 1965 by state Rep. Terry O’Donnell, R-Catoosa was passed with overwhelming support.

The last two times I was involved in an accident the person who hit me was either on their phone or texting. Luckily for me they were both low speed collisions and one was in a parking lot. It's estimated that texting and driving or mobile phone use is now the leading cause of death behind the wheel. What's crazy is more than half the people on the road I see are either on their phones or texting!

I know that I give Clay a hard time about his texting prowess but it's all in fun. Autocorrect has made for some great online fodder on Facebook and Twitter. You have to laugh at some of the text messages you read that have been accidentally autocorrected.  I suffered the wrath of autocorrect on Saturday when I posted that I was sitting in the parade reviewing stand with Mayor FRITZ (autocorrected

The Obama administration is defending reports of a secret federal court order that granted the National Security Agency a warrant to compile information about every phone call conducted on Verizon's network. A White House spokesperson called the program a "critical tool" for protecting the country...

Have you done this?  You're upstairs either putting away laundry or, in my case, watching something besides "Gold Rush" on television and you text your spouse?  David hates when I do that but did you know that roughly 45% admit that they use technology to communicate with someone in the next room of their own home.

You’ve probably seen the countless YouTube videos of people so transfixed by their mobile phones that they walk into inanimate objects or fall into fountains. And while it’s easy to laugh at such incidents, the truth is that distracted pedestrians can cause serious harm to themselves or other people — and now one New Jersey town is taking a stand.

Doctors have been telling us to take at least 10,000 steps a day to stay in shape and prevent health risks, but who has the time? Apparently, the new Striiv pedometer proves that it’s not a question of having time, it’s a question of having the right motivation.

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In a clear case of monkey-see-monkey-do, this ape seems desperate to fire off a text message from an iPhone.

Last week, blogger Sean Symons captured horrifying footage of a teen driver who crashed into the side of the road, then hit two oncoming cars, all while he was allegedly texting and driving. According to his YouTube page, Symons called the police when he spotted the texting teen, then pulled out his camera to catch the teen in the act. The original video was reportedly handed over to the police as

If you have a teenage daughter or son you might have an idea where I am going with this.