Safety agency urges bus drivers to put down cellphones
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School bus and commercial bus drivers should be prohibited from using cell phones while operating their vehicles, except in emergencies, U.S. safety investigators recommended on Tuesday.
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Undercover agents posing as passengers will check for drivers who decline to accept credit cards and who talk on their cellphones while driving.
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People using their mobile phones while driving are among those being targeted by tougher penalties in NI.
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The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday called for stronger safety regulations for buses and large trucks in the wake of a bus fire that killed 23 elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees nearly 18 months ago.
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New study points out the potential hazards of long-term mobile phone use.
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Georgia highway officials investigating a deadly bus crash said Tuesday they would add safety measures to several commuter-lane exits like the one the baseball team's bus had taken before it plunged off an overpass two weeks ago.
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Authorities halted two buses Thursday outside the Norfolk Naval Station after an unidentified caller mentioned a bus and warned city police, "a lot of people are going to die."
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The government is to announce measures aimed at improving safety on school buses in Northern Ireland.
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Software errors in satellite navigation devices are putting lives at risk in the Netherlands by sending vehicles through residential areas not intended for heavy traffic, according to Dutch researchers.
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Safety experts say the influx of electronics is turning cars into sometimes chaotic â and distracting â moving family rooms.
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According to a University of Utah study, motorists who talk on cell phones drive more slowly on the freeway, pass sluggish vehicles less frequently, and take longer to complete their trips. The study suggests drivers on cell phones congest traffic.
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Keeping California safe - but not yet California is to ban the use of cell phones by drivers in a moving vehicle unless they are using a hands-free device.â¦
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Using mobile phones near hospital beds or important equipment is dangerous and could switch off ventilators or disrupt pacemakers, Dutch researchers said on Thursday.
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Six-month study will allow passengers to send messages and make calls.
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Regulators said on Thursday they had  proposed penalizing three wireless carriers which the  government says failed to meet new stricter standards for being  able to locate cellular telephone callers in an emergency.
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The two companies announced a solution Wednesday that lets safety personnel talk to each other through its public safety radios and Nextel phones.
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MODERN transportâs last remaining refuge from the intrusion of the mobile phone may soon be lost forever - that most vacuous of handset bellows, &quot;Iâm on the train&quot;, is set to become &quot;Iâm on the plane&quot;.