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'Textastrophe' Pranks People Who Publicly Display Their Phone Number

Emerald Catron — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:30:52 +0000

Have you ever seen somebody share their phone number publicly (on Craigslist maybe, or one of those homemade ads for “computer lessons” on the subway) and thought to yourself “I should totally prank this guy”? You haven’t? Oh, uh … neither have we. Ever. Clearly — we’re not monsters. But the person behind Textastrophe is! [...]

Texting and Driving Simulator Comes to the TSTC Abilene Campus February 20th

Rudy Fernandez — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:07:29 +0000

We all know the dangers of texting and driving, yet many still do it. There are those that say "I only do it at stop lights" whatever the excuse is, the fact still remains texting and driving can have deadly results. Research has shown that high school and university students are more inclined to text while driving. That said, to better educate their students, Texas State Technical Institute has secured the Texas Reality Education for Drivers (RED) simulator. Students (or anyone for that matter) that would like to take the RED for a spin can, starting at 10:00 AM Wednesday at TSTC Abilene.

'Sleep Texting' Is Now a Thing Among Teenagers

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:58:22 +0000

Being a teenager is a perilous time in one’s life as a not-quite fully developed brain will cause the teen to make all kinds of questionable decisions. Now thanks to a new phenomenon called sleep-texting, the teenager can even make these bad decisions while they are catching z’s. According to a study by Elizabeth Dowdell, a professor at Villanova University, more and [...]

Hilarious Texting While Walking Videos Might Make You Think Twice About the Dangers of Doing it Yourself [VIDEOS]

Chaz — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:13:42 +0000

We all know that texting while driving could be a very dangerous situation. In fact, that is one of the most hated things about driving in Abilene. While texting and walking may not be as dangerous, it could still jack you up pretty good depending on where you are walking while you text. Take these videos for instance.

Happy 20th Birthday, Text Messaging!

Donald Deane — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:53:07 +0000

Although it became a widely used form of communication only recently, texting is actually a decades-old technology. In fact, it celebrated its 20th birthday on Monday, which makes it older than most of the kids who use it. OMG!

Have You Ever Surfed the Internet While Driving? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:33:53 +0000

Texting while driving is so 2009. Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones, Web surfing is the new dangerous activity the young folks are engaging in while operating a motor vehicle. According to a new survey from State Farm of 1,000 adult motorists, 21 percent admit to having accessed the Internet from their phone while they [...]

Texting Woman Walks Off Cliff

Dan Seitz — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:44:48 +0000

Texting while driving? Dangerous. Texting while walking? Generally just a bit impolite if you’re in a crowded area. At least, that’s normally the case. If you live near a cliff, it might not be a great idea. Just ask Kodiak, AK resident Maria Pestrikoff, who was texting as she was walking. She was near the [...]

College Student Who Almost Died While Texting and Driving: 'Don't Do It' [VIDEO, POLL]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:59:55 +0000

A recent survey found nearly a third of teen drivers have texted while driving — but after a catastrophic wreck that nearly cost him his life, one Texas college student says he’ll never do it again, and he’s imploring others to follow his lead.

Walking While Texting Is More Dangerous Than You May Think

Shauna Wright — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:24:16 +0000

We all know about the dangers of texting while driving — but what about texting while walking? It may be funny to see someone so engrossed in a texting session that she stumbles into a mall fountain, but that aside, the practice deemed “distracted walking” can be truly dangerous. According to the Consumer Product Safety [...]

HSU Students Pledge to not Text While Driving [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:08:49 +0000

Hardin Simmons University students chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, will join in a campaign asking students to pledge a promise to not Text While Driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that in 2008, 5,800 people were killed all due to distracted drivers. The NTSA says those numbers are climbing more every year. [...]

Do You Lie When You Text?

Shauna Wright — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:34:18 +0000

If you want a truthful answer to a question, don’t ask it via text message — recent research suggests people are more likely to lie when using the modern form of communication. In a new study led by David Yu, assistant business professor at Wichita State University School of Business in Wichita, KS and his [...]