Driving laws and regulations

Driving laws and regulations

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  Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

  The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind ... 

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  Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported

  Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele's last words were over a cellphone to a friend: "I'm going to crash!" The car she was driving had clipped a snow ... 

• Saudi religious police lift ban on women on bikes

  A Saudi newspaper says the kingdom's religious police are now allowing women to ride motorbikes and bicycles but only in restricted, recreational ... 

• Deaths of teen drivers jumped in early 2012

  Deaths of younger teen drivers increased sharply in the first six months of last year, reversing a decade-long trend, according to a report released ... 

• Report: Saudis may drop screen for women advisers

  A Saudi newspaper says officials may consider dropping plans for a barrier separating men and the newly appointed women in the country's top advisory ... 

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  Ride-hailing apps offer new way to get around town

  When Hesky Kutscher needed to get across town, he didn't call a taxi. He tapped a smartphone app called Lyft, which allows users to request car rides. 

• Ireland won't ease drunken-driving law for farmers

  A license to drive drunk? Some small-town politicians think it's just the tonic for rural Ireland. Councilmen in Kerry, southwest Ireland, passed a ...