Cellphones and cars: a lethal mix?

Not long ago, I was exiting Route 128 for Route 30 on the Newton/Weston line. Cars merging into Route   128 are supposed to yield (note to Massachusetts drivers: that means give the other driver the right of way). My path was about to cross that of a paneled truck belonging to a Portugese bakery. Not surprisingly, …

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Conviction in text-driving killing should be a wake-up call

Aaron Deveau was only 17 when he crossed the center line while texting and killed Daniel Bowley, Jr. of New Hampshire,  the father of three grown children. Deveau, now 18 years old, is the first person to be convicted under a  law making it a crime to injure someone while texting.  Even without the specific texting …

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