PIERRE - A South Dakota Senate panel has approved a bill to ban texting while driving, a proposal that has been repeatedly rejected by the state Legislature.
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.
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!
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.
Important work files, personal contacts and even racy photos are just some of the things being stored on mobile phones, new research shows. I'm not certain there is a great surprise.