DOT bars bus drivers and commercial truckers from texting while driving

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/trucker-pc.jpg (http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/26/trucks.texting.ban/index.html?hpt=T2)It's coming (http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/03/16/states-mulling-bans-on-driving-while-texting/). And soon (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/07/29/senators-to-introduce-legislation-banning-texting-while-driving/). Of course, you know darn well we're referring to the day where no human in any nation can text and drive legally, and we're seeing the US Department of Transportation get us one step closer with its latest mandate. Effective immediately, bus drivers and interstate commercial truckers are disallowed from texting while operating a motor vehicle, and should they choose to send that one last SMS anyway, they'll be hit with "civil or criminal fines of up to $2,750." Needless to say, the Advocates for Highway Safety are pretty stoked (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/13/national-safety-council-calls-for-nationwide-ban-on-cellphone-us/) about the notion, but they confess that this isn't taking things far enough. And for anyone who has been sideswiped by someone special telling someone more special "I LUVRZ U XOXO LOL" while doing 80 on the I-15, well, they'd probably concur.DOT bars bus drivers and commercial truckers from texting while driving (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/dot-bars-bus-drivers-and-commercial-truckers-from-texting-while/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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