Today Indiana became the 32nd state to legally ban texting while driving. The bill was signed by Mitch Daniels, the governor of Indiana. The law will go into effect on July 1.

Everyone does something while driving that may not be particularly safe. Sometimes we wait too long to start braking or make turns a little too tightly. Since we’re too set in our ways to readily identify what we’re doing wrong, State Farm has created an iPhone app to do that for us. Driver Feedback is a free app that hopes to make us all better drivers. After all, State Farm doesn’t want to insure a new generation accident prone drivers.

While I generally believe laws that are designed to protect us against our own stupidity are well, stupid, there are some exceptions to that rule. Take this for example, I live in Florida and that means (should I choose) I could ride a motorcycle without a helmet (as long as I have insurance) but yet more »

AT&T is really pushing hard against texting and driving. Currently, every AT&T phone comes wrapped in driving with the phrase “TXTNG & DRIVING… IT CAN WAIT.” Now AT&T is taking the next step, distributing a 10 minute documentary about the dangers of texting and driving. The documentary is free, and will be distributed to schools, more »

In a move that does not seem too surprising, a law was passed banning texting while driving either a bus or truck across America. Back in December, a law was passed banning texting while driving a government vehicle, so it is no surprise that buses and trucks were the next vehicles. This law will be more »

New York State has just added a new law that further bans the use of cell phones while driving. Effective immediately, drivers can no longer text while driving and if they are caught doing so they face a fine of up to $150. While a great law, for me this always goes back to common more »

We see people doing it all the time. Texting or talking on the phone while driving in their car. The reality is, this is a very dangerous combination. The New York Times put together a game having you test out that combo. When you play the game, you have to quickly navigate in between six toll booths by using your number keys, while at the same time occasionally responding to text messages.

Chances are most of us have probably experienced being in the car while the driver is texting or responding to an email. If you have yet to experience it, let me tell you it can lead to some scary moments. Now there’s a study that can help cement those fears and maybe convince some people more »

In an effort to drive home the point that you are not allowed to talk on a cell phone while driving in New York, the NYPD recently held a one-day event that gave tickets to 9,016 motorists. Not bad for a one day event, but this goes to show that many people simply are not more »

We love to text. We love to email. We love to do this all the time, even when driving. A new company hopes we come to our senses and pay for their services to translate our voice to text. Am I the only one pessimistic about this?

The premise is somewhat simple: Sign up, phone the company, talk at the tone (120 seconds limit), then *poof* your message gets sent in the mode of your desire.

Now surely you noticed I wrote, “pay for their service.” Just how much? $14.95 per month for email OR for text.