Government Fleet News

ARLINGTON, VA - Effective Sept. 1, all drivers in Texas school crossing zones are banned from talking on hand-held phones and texting, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Tags: cell phone ban, cell phone use while driving, IIHS, school crossing zone, Texas, Text Messaging, texting while driving

BOSTON – Forty-nine people were injured May 8 when a trolley operator rear-ended another trolley while texting his girlfriend, according to the New York Times.

Tags: accident, Boston Transit Authority, cell phone ban, crash, rear-end collision, Text Messaging, texting while driving