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New York promotes 'texting zones' where chatty drivers can park
LAT ^ | September 23, 2013, 3:18 p.m. | Tina Susman

Posted on 09/23/2013 6:57:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced measures aimed at drivers haunted by the sound of unanswered cellphone rings and dings. New highway signs will say: "It can wait: text stop 5 miles."

Drivers won't be steered to new pullout spots; the so-called "texting zones" will be in existing rest stops and parking areas. But Cuomo, who recently stiffened penalties for distracted driving, said the signs will help change motorists' behavior by reminding them that relief from the digital wilderness is just a few minutes down the road.

One federal study says that in 2011, 3,331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, compared with 3,267 in 2010.

Statistics in various studies differ, but one thing is clear: The number of people using mobile devices while driving is increasing.

"We have three times more distracted driving incidents than we had five years ago," said Cuomo, adding that there are now more traffic fatalities blamed on distracted drivers than on drunk drivers. He attributed the shift to more young people who grow up "attached, affixed to the electronic device."

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dwt; electronicpacifier; impaireddriving; texting

1 posted on 09/23/2013 6:57:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Weiner zones


2 posted on 09/23/2013 6:58:01 PM PDT by bramps (Obama, Democrats, and Planned Parenthood: The biggest fans of chemical weapons on the planet)
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To: bramps

In more ways than one.


3 posted on 09/23/2013 6:59:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Great. What’s next? Lookout Point for Selfies Ahead.


4 posted on 09/23/2013 7:07:54 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: BenLurkin

By the time thee are put in place, texting with your fingers will be a thing of the past.


5 posted on 09/23/2013 7:12:30 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Government: Slimy used car salesmen writing laws forcing you to buy their cars)
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To: BenLurkin

Cuomo wants teenage girls to park for awhile in rest stops? There’s a good idea.


6 posted on 09/23/2013 7:39:27 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Texas Eagle

What’s next?

Well.... they could put charging stations in for electric vehicles. That way ‘resting’ would serve more than one purpose. Resting, texting, and charging, and toilet break. Can’t beat that combo.


7 posted on 09/23/2013 7:41:57 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: BenLurkin

Are these car-jacking fee zones too?


8 posted on 09/23/2013 7:57:21 PM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: UCANSEE2
> Well.... they could put charging stations in for electric vehicles. That way ‘resting’ would serve more than one purpose. Resting, texting, and charging, and toilet break. Can’t beat that combo.

Sure can.

Where's that thread from a week or two ago about the European country that's putting "sex houses" in the rest areas for prostitutes to have their business without having to parade from car to car?

9 posted on 09/23/2013 7:59:26 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: BenLurkin

How important are these people that they cannot wait until they arrive at their destination without communicating with someone?

Astonishing. !

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10 posted on 09/23/2013 8:03:06 PM PDT by Mears (Liberalism is the art ot being easily offended.)
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To: BenLurkin

Cell phones kill, they should be banned!


11 posted on 09/23/2013 9:08:29 PM PDT by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: BenLurkin

Who knew that the country was so blessed with tens of millions of writers so brilliant and fascinating that reading their every word would be this addictive?


12 posted on 09/23/2013 10:04:36 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a female's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
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To: dayglored

You are right. Shouldn’t have left that out.

Isn’t that already a f’ait accompli at rest stops ?


13 posted on 09/24/2013 6:06:24 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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