Texting Device News Today

Multiplied when operators are distracted. reporting on an increasingly common culprit. >> reporter: the spanish train operator on the same curve over 60 times without incident. at the time of the crash last month, so distracked, he ignored three warnings to slow down. in the u.s., the fra manned uba of phones. >> if theyre caught violating rules theyre dismissed immediately. >> reporter: they banned commercial truck and bus drivers from texting in 2010, a year later banned all handheld phone cal...

Seniors admitted that they had texted or e-mailed while driving. the head of the transportation department calls distractive driving an epidemic. >> and americans have gotten into very dangerous behavior with their cell phones and their texting devices. to think they can use them behind the wheel of a car and drive safely. and you cant do it. put that phone in the glove compartment. put that texting device in the glove compartment. buckle up. drive safely. >> heed that vice. hood called on state...

The wheel, and both eyes on the road. the real epidemic in america is that everybody has a cell phone and everybody has a texting device and people think they can use them while they are driving and that is very dangerous behavior. personal responsibility, put it in the glove compartment. the epidemic is not about -- and a lot of people dont have bluetooth, and lot of people dont have gps, and they cant afford it, but they have a cell phone and texting device which they believe they can use any ...