Tag search result for: texting

Budget cuts force woman to camp in waiting room for her son

bniolet — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:02:54 -0500

Salima Mabry and her severely autistic 13-year-old son have camped in a waiting room for eight days waiting for a bed in a state mental hospital. The state budget cut $155 million from an already struggling system, resulting in the loss of 354 jobs at state hospitals. There are plenty of available beds at the children's ward in Central Regional Hospital in Butner, but not enough staffers to run it. (N&O)

Dome memo: Attorney, Tony, will he?

bniolet — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:35:00 -0500

PROSECUTOR TROUBLE: President Barack Obama announced his pick to replace U.S. Attorney George Holding, a Republican who is currently investigating two of the state's most prominent Democrats. The announcement puts Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who has lobbied to let Holding finish his work, in the awkward position of having to decide whether to hold up a Democratic president's nomination of a Democratic prosecutor. Kinda makes her choice on that health care bill seem easy.

BTW, don't text and drive

markjohnson — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:05:48 -0500

The new laws that take effect tomorrow include a ban on texting-while-driving.

Patrol urges teens to drive, not text

bniolet — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:50:34 -0400

Anthony Richard, an 11th grader with Enloe High, tries to maneuver a golf cart while texting. The N.C. Highway Patrol officers visited the school Thursday to teach teenage drivers about the dangers of texting while driving. On Dec. 1 a law banning texting while driving takes effect. News & Observer staff photo by Takaaki Iwabu.

The DOT made me text

bniolet — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:31:57 -0400

The state Department of Transportation just announced that it will offer traffic updates on its Twitter page.

So how long before people start getting cited under the new texting while driving ban because they were checking for traffic information?

Hagan: Ban texting while driving

bkrueger — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:33:41 -0400

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan helped introduce a bill today that would prohibit texting while driving – though she admitted to reporters that she’s done it before.

“I bet everyone here has texted, and we all realize it’s dangerous,” Hagan said during a news conference on the bill, reports Barb Barrett.

Perdue signs texting ban

bniolet — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:33:53 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue signed into law a ban on texting while driving.

The ban, which prohibits typing or reading texts or e-mails on a mobile phone while driving a car, goes into effect Dec. 1. Dome got the word, appropriately, in a text message from Perdue spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson.

Texting ban clears committee

markjohnson — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:33:40 -0400

A Senate judiciary committee approved a proposed ban on driving while texting Tuesday with few questions.

The bill, which already cleared the House, could go to the Senate floor this week.

No surfing while driving?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:01:25 -0400

Forget about texting.

A Senate bill would bar drivers from couch-surfing.

The bill, titled "Various Changes in Motor Vehicle Law," is a grab-bag of fine-print adjustments to safety regulations and other state law, reports Bruce Siceloff.

Texting while driving ban clears House

bniolet — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:50:06 -0400

The House adopted a bill that would make it a crime to send a text message or e-mail message while driving a car.

The bill, which now heads to the Senate, cleared the House 104 to 5. It's adoption was delayed while House members worked out language that would affect lawsuits following collisions in which texting was a factor. The compromise essentially says that texting alone isn't enough to prove negligence.