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1 Would You Want to Learn How to Drive on Your Nintendo DS?
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2 Say Good-Bye To Cell Phone Driving
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3 Do You Still Use Gadgets While You Drive?
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4 Do You Use Your Cell During Your Commute?
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5 Parking Meter Alarm: Love It or Leave It?
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6 iDialUDrive App Helps You Stay Handsfree
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7 Key 2 Safe Driving Turns Off Your Phone While You Drive
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8 A High-Tech Way to Prevent Cell Phone Driving Distraction
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9 DriveSafely App Reads Your BB Texts While Driving
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10 Are You Worried About Tech Distracting Drivers?
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11 Website of the Day: Route4Me
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12 Study Finds People Sex, Text, and Game While Driving
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13 Love It or Leave It: Digital, Ad-Displaying License Plates
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14 Voice Commands to Update Facebook While Driving: Bad Idea?
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15 Website of the Day: Go Gas
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16 Road Rage 2.0: Bump.com
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17 Texting on the Sly Leads to More Car Accidents
One more good reason to send the kids to grandma's for the weekend! A study published in Pediatrics found that kids are actually safer in crashes when driven by grandparents than when driven by their parents. And not just a little bit safer — taking risk factors like proper seat belt use and type of car into account, the study concluded that there's a 50 percent reduction in injury risk with Read more
Though texting and chatting on the phone while driving is illegal (not to mention super dangerous), most people still multitask behind the wheel. A recent report shows that in the US, up to Read more
Texting while driving is banned in 30 states, but have you ever snuck in an SMS while you were behind the wheel? The answer for most of us is no, but people are in fact still texting on the sly, and it's leading to more fatalities and accidents than before the ban, according to a new study. When people try to hide their texting from the police they tend to lower their phones to their laps, the Read more
A friend recently told me about the ultimate mom multitask — pumping while driving! She was in a bind after a doctor's appointment ran late so she had to hop in her car and hook up. Using a travel pump and bottle attachments, she headed home while making dinner for her son. Have you expressed milk in transit? Put the Pedal to the Metal and Pump: Have You Done It? Yes — I've Read more
Even though most people agree that certain types of technology and driving don't mix, when it comes to being on the road, there are ways to take advantage of tech. Case in point: a driving-centric dating site. Now there's another site aimed at drivers, though this one seems more likely used as a way to take out your frustrations on another driver. Bump is a new site and iPhone app devoted to Read more
Over the weekend, I took a road trip down the California coast to Big Sur — a prime spot for road tripping. While filling up our gas tank at a tiny gas station along the way, I started talking to a guy pumping gas into a huge rented RV as he joked about it costing more than $100 to fill his tank (it did!). "I wish I would have known how expensive this gas would have been before I started," he Read more
It's fair to say you'd have a hard time finding someone who agrees texting while driving is a safe practice but is using voice functionality any safer? According to GM, it is; the car manufacturer is testing functionality for voice-activated Facebook updates that drivers can make directly from their cars. The technology, which is part of GM's OnStar system, would also read Facebook and text Read more
California's budget deficit has been in the news for years, but a new proposal aims to help reduce it with a geeky touch. One state senator has proposed adding advertisements to new digital license plates. The proposal, which is now in front of the state Legislature, authorizes the California DMV to "investigate the emerging digital electronic license plate technology" and partner with tech Read more
Unfortunately, the photo on the right is not a good representation of what people do behind the wheel. A recent study performed by research firm Lindberg International says that five percent of drivers play video games while behind the wheel. But wait, there's more — as shocking as this stat sounds, here's another: a whopping 15 percent of drivers admit to having sex while navigating a vehicle! Read more
Getting from point A to B is easy with the help of Google Maps, but what if you have a number of stops to make, and want to make your travel time as fast as possible? Point your browser to Route4Me. This website lets you enter in all of the addresses you need to visit, then gives you driving directions for the fastest loop and shortest route between point A, B, C, D, or up to 10 different Read more
