Texting Drivers Need a Law to Make Them Stop ; As with Other Addicts, Appealing to Their Good Sense and Better Judgment Doesn't Work.

Portland Press Herald › February 21, 2011

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If you want to understand a problem, talk to an expert. When the problem is texting while driving, the experts are in high school.

"Texting is an addiction," South Portland High School student Hunter Blondin told a panel of lawmakers, transportation officials and others at the Ocean Gateway in Portland this week. "I know people who go to bed with their cell phone and wake up with their cell phone."

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Texting Drivers Need a Law to Make Them Stop ; As with Other Addicts, Appealing to Their Good Sense and Better Judgment Doesn't Work.

He's right. The compulsive need for constantly up-to-date information is a...

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