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January 1st, 2010, 21:20
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European countries may have long ago banished the use of cellphones while driving to the dark side of the law, but many of the United States persist in allowing their citizens to talk while driving. One reason for their reluctance may be that outlawing something that has become second nature to most people would be both unproductive and tough to enforce. So what do you do? The natural alternative to forcing people to drive attentively is educating them of the reasons why. Never mind the fact that we all kinda, sorta know the risks we undertake while operating a Droid (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/30/more-on-the-droid-thoughts-from-the-rest-of-engadget/) and a Dodge (http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/dodge-circuit-ev-test-drive-gets-chronicled-on-video/) concurrently. The newly minted Distraction.gov is chockfull of scaremongering statistics, topped by a truly epic video which we've handily stashed for you just after the break. Go get it while it's hot.Continue reading US government launches Distraction.gov, wants to scare you straight (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/01/us-government-launches-distraction-gov-wants-to-scare-you-strai/)
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European countries may have long ago banished the use of cellphones while driving to the dark side of the law, but many of the United States persist in allowing their citizens to talk while driving. One reason for their reluctance may be that outlawing something that has become second nature to most people would be both unproductive and tough to enforce. So what do you do? The natural alternative to forcing people to drive attentively is educating them of the reasons why. Never mind the fact that we all kinda, sorta know the risks we undertake while operating a Droid (http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/30/more-on-the-droid-thoughts-from-the-rest-of-engadget/) and a Dodge (http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/dodge-circuit-ev-test-drive-gets-chronicled-on-video/) concurrently. The newly minted Distraction.gov is chockfull of scaremongering statistics, topped by a truly epic video which we've handily stashed for you just after the break. Go get it while it's hot.Continue reading US government launches Distraction.gov, wants to scare you straight (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/01/us-government-launches-distraction-gov-wants-to-scare-you-strai/)
US government launches Distraction.gov, wants to scare you straight (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/01/us-government-launches-distraction-gov-wants-to-scare-you-strai/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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