NTSB Recommends Banning Texting, Cell Phones While Driving

The National Transportation Safety Board today urged all U.S. states to ban drivers from using electronic devices while driving, including for text messaging. The NTSB issued the recommendation after several investigations that found texting to be the cause of deadly accidents. In Missouri, two people died and 38 were injured in a pileup in August 2010 after a 19-year-old driver rammed his pickup truck into the back of a tractor truck and was then hit by one school bus and then another. The teen was texting while driving, the NTSB found after an investigation, leading to today’s ruling strongly recommending a ban on all mobile usage.