Summary

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: \or.ember, 2O-year-old Ola-i C-:- ?-:r: r -,-15 liuoatreaming on Face:"3,a:i ;--': :,;:a'uing in and out of rarc =-' :_-=*' - i aI more than 100 mils per i:-- :- a ::cwded Rhode Islald

:-::::5e iruck a:rd a barrigr Pi* _-- -;3 :..;nglej

he rl'as e.:ci-; '-'--:::. :-:

18-year-old

wasn't also live-

when a

back cif her

Pen:rs_vh,ania

a-nd her 19-1,ear-o1d passenger were'bo-h rilled.

Hoiriic accidenis like rhese are ende-ace oi wlal authori- ries sa1- has be.-or.e a criss oi

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disrramed driring. Drivers are using apps a-nd socia.l media, terring a:rd talking on their phones, and

-33S a rblem ma:rl'; '-',-:.,,'ed people made calls or sent --=r---: :::n their :: -=; :=::rologies are taking drivers' ei,-e:-:: :: -east their minds-Off the i:;r=: r-:'::: ihe:n- Car Wi-Fi is com-

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;31;3 33:-;:1s io phones, and ilrivers :--: -::'-::g rablets a-nd smartphones :r :-reir dashboards. Snapchat allows

drivers to po .vehicle

aPP'Waze

Surge in Deaths It's a]l led to a boom in inter-

net use in vehicles that safety toa

more Arfrerican roads-ir

over the

to be

t

.Mark Rosekind, former

fatali-

He

Insuters Associarion

America. It's not just drivers who are

liveg at

crashed into each other ater an

rvho was textag mi.sed a red

Texting & Selfieq,

tracted

aad

tlso il Califomia

New 1t:< Sate

d a l:r:i'.-zer ft g dlg'::r e;--;al ent of Brea-:iiza-, --r- e IesI lo.g :ee:: used by --l :.:: ::e blood

' -:;e, :f drivers (see 'Je Ter-:--,::e:,' :cti1 Poge), At

threequat-te:s :-=--,::-: :: rte scene of an u-te rhe T*ralyzer to taP

recent

ly injured in a distracted

Above, the wreck of his car.

it's very New York State AssemblYm:: r-ho co-sponsored the bill, Idrir,i,ng 1aws,

must pro',-e that have a Terralvzer, he saYS, "Pec'-

ovel lfas. ::. g:-:g Io be more afraid to Put atr ap? haar-. ln the cellphone."

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:L'] L; - ! Ner Drunk orice- a:e-r ;::,: sarety sa)' rne

CfS:= nth drirtg is :-^^l tdL cu

Ul.J !I 1980s

iirrng u'eated :: diurk it ne.-d:

sa]-s Ca:oace the for.rn:er

,r€ahst , wbo year,

for dd,, devas-

crippl;ng, ald I says, 'ald still sociallY

oks \\rth reporrlS bY N.eal \ic:t RXruel of Th,e

fourc a new

seen drivers do it.

federal

to include a 'driver mocie" that mit to the would block fearures that create dis

tractions for drivers: Several states

increasedthe

the= ;'::es.

D;C. ha"-e b

elau') DLEII1rc. ii3 pro derices r,-i--a '-',--

to be gerrilg ro;se.

is. -3j::l ^: L-

-Li 'J.-:--: s::leone

Americans coniess ia sur- ve-vs that they're snll tex- tilg while as using

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