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Old 05-10-2009, 01:19 AM
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Cell phone ban may follow Mass. trolley crash


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AP – Passengers wait on benches following the evacuation of Government Center MBTA station in Boston, Friday, …
By JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press Writers – Sat May 9, 7:13 pm ET
BOSTON – The head of the Boston-area transit authority said Saturday
he'll ban all train and bus operators from even carrying cell phones on board after a trolley driver told police he was texting his girlfriend before a collision Friday.
About 50 people were hurt in the underground crash in downtown Boston, though none of the injuries was life-threatening.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority already bans operators from using cell phones and recently ran an internal ad campaign featuring a poster of an open cell phone that warned employees not to drive "under the influence."
But general manager Daniel Grabauskas said Saturday the temptation obviously was too great for some.
"I want to remove any temptation by one or two people stupid enough to think a moment of convenience is worth the lives of the people they're transporting," he said. "I'm not going to wait for someone to die to institute a policy whose time I think has come."

Cell phone ban may follow Mass. trolley crash
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Old 05-10-2009, 02:36 AM
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I was laughing with some friends recently as one of them who was texting said "Someone needs to make an application that turns words into text messaging so I could just say what I want instead of typing it out"



I told her a smart man named Alexander Graham Bell had invented such a thing.... all I got back was a blank stare of confusion!
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Old 05-10-2009, 07:17 AM
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Old 05-10-2009, 08:29 AM
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Nearly hit yesterday by driver in lane next to me - they came over the line and had to slam on brakes as I had a wall next to me on the other side.

New bumper sticker idea - "Honk if you see anyone texting while driving" guarentee you it will sound like Manhattan during the am rush hour.

It's now time for universal laws in each state and public education similar to once like drunk driving.
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In the last year, the transit agency has suspended at least nine other bus and trolley drivers for texting or talking on their cell phones while driving.

....so much for their 'zero tolerance policy' on cell phone use.

I hope they throw the book at this moron.
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