LOL? Texting While Driving Is No Laughing Matter: Proposing a Coordinated Response to Curb This Dangerous Activity

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The Article focuses on the dangers of engaging in text messaging (texting) while driving. Topics include how texting has contributed to an increase in cellular telephone-related automobile accidents, the prevalence of drivers who text in the U.S., and movements to ban the operation of cellular telephones while driving a vehicle.

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Cell phones & traffic accidents, Traffic accidents, Text messages (Telephone systems), Automobile driving hazards

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Alexis M. Farris (Washington University School of Law)

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