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The Difference Between DUI and DWT is?.?

By Lawrence Taylor

A rash of recent studies confirm that DWT (driving while texting) is more dangerous than DUI.  For that matter, so is driving while talking on a cell phone.  See, for example,  my previous posts Inebriated or Texting: Which is More Dangerous While Driving?  and Feds Crack Down on DUI…and Cover Up DWT.  Presumably, the punishment for DWT reflects the greater danger, right? Wrong.  Think $50 fine.  In fact, in most states DWT isn’t even a crime.    Real Penalties Would Deter Cell Use and Texting While Driving Los Angeles, CA.  – There are some 270 million cell phones in the U.S. at the moment (out of a population of some 307 million people). Of those who drive, nearly 50 percent say that it’s dangerous to use cell phones or similar devices while driving...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).