Articles tagged with: University Of Utah and Teenagers

New Car-Ignition Key can Jam Mobile Phones

University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers (or anyone frankly) from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving.  more

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States Tackle Texting Behind the Wheel

Legislators in three states are targeting text messaging to keep drivers' thumbs on the wheel and off the tiny keypads of their cell phones or wireless devices in the latest crackdown on distracted driving. more

Related Tags: text-messaging, texas, hands-free, police, oregon, arizona, utah, connecticut, washington, school, illinois, vermont, insurance, new-hampshire, virginia, denver, west-virginia, school-bus


Drivers on Cell Phones = Drunk Driving

Three years after the preliminary results first were presented at a scientific meeting and drew wide attention, University of Utah psychologists have published a study showing that motorists who talk on handheld or hands-free cellular phones are as impaired as drunken drivers. more

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