Will the Car Rental Industry Lose Business With the New Personal Tech Distraction Driving Rules?
A Department of Transportation study was published, which had been written and researched years ago; it warned of the deadly problems concerning personal tech devices that people use while driving. In a report the statistics actually showed that using personal tech devices, such as text messaging, and PDAs, or while searching cell phone databases for information was more dangerous and could cause more accidents than even drunk driving. That revelation was astounding, but it didn’t surprise the numerous people who have lost family members because someone wasn’t paying attention to the road while using a personal tech device. Not long ago, the state of California made a law that you are not allowed to text message while driving. Of course that’s an obvious one and it’s almost as if people should know better than to do that anyway. Especially after a commuter train missed a signal light and ran into a cargo train killing over 30 people in Los Angeles. Still, one has to ask if these new la