News Radio 710 KEEL » cell phones http://710keel.com Depend On It! Sat, 25 May 2013 05:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 There Will Soon Be More Cell Phones Than People in the World http://710keel.com/cell-phones-people-world/ http://710keel.com/cell-phones-people-world/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:54:34 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=76687 Cisco’s annual Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast makes some interesting (some may say frightening) predictions, including the fact that the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the world’s population sometime this year.

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]]> http://710keel.com/cell-phones-people-world/feed/ 0 Sean Gallup, Getty Images Sorry Drivers, Hands-Free Devices Aren't Safer Options to Cell Phones http://710keel.com/hands-free-devices-distracting-cell-phones/ http://710keel.com/hands-free-devices-distracting-cell-phones/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:32:35 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://tsminteractive.com/?p=66273 In response to the National Transportation Safety Board-proposed ban on cellphones while driving, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers tried to defend hands-free devices. They’re “designed to be used in a way that helps drivers keep their eyes on the road,” they said, but now it looks like this defense doesn’t hold water.

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]]> http://710keel.com/hands-free-devices-distracting-cell-phones/feed/ 0 Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images 710 KEEL Poll: Should Hands Free Cell Phones Be Banned While Driving? http://710keel.com/710-keel-poll-should-hands-free-cell-phones-be-banned-while-driving/ http://710keel.com/710-keel-poll-should-hands-free-cell-phones-be-banned-while-driving/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:51:33 +0000 Danny Fox http://710keel.com/?p=38570 Transportation Safety Board is so convinced of the dangers of “distracted driving” that it’s now called for a nationwide ban on non-emergency cell phone use while driving.

Even hands-free devices are not excluded.

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]]> http://710keel.com/710-keel-poll-should-hands-free-cell-phones-be-banned-while-driving/feed/ 0 David McNew, Getty Images Cell Phone Bill Fails! http://710keel.com/get-off-that-cell-phone-in-the-car/ http://710keel.com/get-off-that-cell-phone-in-the-car/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:22:49 +0000 emccarty http://710keel.com/?p=6869 The House kills the bill that would ban hand-held cell phone use while driving by a vote of 55 to 33on the house floor.  Highway safety stats  show 14 people died in 2009 in car crashes involving a driver using a hand held phone. That argument wasn’t good enough for law makers to support the ban.

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