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• https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/driver-safety/distracted-driving/mobile-phone-restrictions-fact-sheet
• http://bit.ly/TruckerCellTicket
• http://bit.ly/CellPhoneCDL
• http://talkcdl.com/trucker-crash-stats-hos/
• http://talkcdl.com/trucker-sleeper-birth-pay/
• http://talkcdl.com/s2e27-truckers-face-off-with-protesters/
• http://talkcdl.com/s2e22-trucking-company-makes-a-mistake-watch-what-you-say-on-facebook/
• http://talkcdl.com/truckers-stop-killing-your-grandmother/

Truckers Cell Phones Can Kill

Maybe the cell phone themselves cant kill but the effect it can have on a drivers attention can be deadly. We all know that taking your eyes off the road for 3 to 5 seconds at 70mph makes you unaware of the last 500 feet. That is more than enough time to lift your eyes and see that there is stopped traffic in front of you. Here is a question for everyone to ponder. How many times in a day while traveling do we come up on stopped traffic? Now ask yourself, how many times in a day do I pick up my cell phone to look at a text? Now ask yourself, when is both of those numbers going to match up? When is the time period of coming up on traffic that has come to a stop going to match up with the time Im looking at a text? It is only a matter of time.

Hands Free and Voice Command

Most cell phone provide hands free voice commands with their cell phones. Setting up your phone is easier than making toast. Most phones will walk you through the process. Phones even come with text commands. Thats right you now can tell your phone to text a message without having to touch it. You also have the ability to hear the text that someone else is sending you meaning no more picking it up to look at it with your eyes. Y=The life you save can be your own!

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