Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has made it one of his focus issues, distracted driving. He has pounded home his message, “Put your cell phone down when you get in the car.” The recent BlackBerry outage resulted in some dramatic statistics that back up the truth of the Secretary’s message.
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I am all for the abolition of texting while driving. I think it is crazy, but then again, I am from another generation that has to actually look at the cell phone keyboard to create a text. I know youngsters who can touch text without any effort. Is that bad?
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The Transportation Department this morning a sent a letter to Continental Airlines inquiring into the circumstances of its recent Continental/Express Jet flight 2816 extended delay. So what’s next? I asked Transportation Department spokesman Bill Mosley.
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Say it isn’t so, Ray LaHood. Tell us that you are working for the American people, not the American airlines. With questions growing about the alleged benefits to travelers provided by the growing power of airline alliances, don’t abandon the American consumers.
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In a swift close-minded stroke, the Obama administration slapped down a suggestion from the incoming Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, that he was studying a tax on vehicle miles traveled as an alternative to the gas tax. Let’s take another look.
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