Trying to read a bumper sticker on another car can be distracting for many of us. And it can be especially dangerous if you tailgate the car in order to get a better view of the sticker.
But for some people, seeing a simple Obama-Biden sticker is enough to send them into a mad rage and deliberately cause [...]
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Will the safety experts call for a bumper sticker ban now? [distracted driving]
Now the NYT wants to ban billboards too [distracted driving]
Not content merely to fear monger about the immanent national threat posed by motorists who chat on their cell phone, the New York Times has decided to take on a new bogyman: electronic billboards.
From the New York Times:
Safety advocates who worry about the dangers of distracted driving have a new concern beyond cellphones and gadget-laden dashboards: digital roadside billboards.
These high-tech billboards marry the glow [...]
The graph the New York Times doesn’t want you to see
This post has been getting a huge amount of search-engine traffic recently. Thank you for the visits! If you’re looking for more data on the dangers (or lack thereof) of cell phones in cars, check out this post as well.
Regular readers of this blog will know that the New York Times is waging a sensationalistic campaign to [...]
