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Stop texting while driving and more: cellcontrol removes the temptation for your employees or young driver to use a cell phone, smart phone or mobile device and encourages them to concentrate on the task at hand: driving. cellcontrol is the first ENFORCEABLE driving while distracted solution!

• 01.04.2010 Fox Business News: Survey Reveals Roadways Filled with Unsafe Distracted Drivers

  72% of Survey Respondents Say Current and Upcoming Texting While Driving Bans by States Will Not Alter Their Use of a Cell Phone While Driving According to Cellcontrol.

  More News on Survey: ...on CNBC ...on WDBJ 7 Virgina ...on TMCnet ...on SmartBrief ...on BusinessWeek ...on The Auto Channel

• 01.04.2010 Survey Reveals Roadways Increasingly Filled with Unsafe Drivers Distracted by their Cell Phones

  72% of Survey Respondents Say Current and Upcoming Texting While Driving Bans by States Will Not Alter Their Use of a Cell Phone While Driving According to Cellcontrol.

• 12.14.2010 BizJournals: Top Ten Tips Holiday Shoppers Should Consider When Behind the Wheel and on a Cell Phone This Season According to cellcontrol

  72% of Survey Respondents Say Current and Upcoming Texting While Driving Bans by States Will Not Alter Their Use of a Cell Phone While Driving According to Cellcontrol.

  More News on Top Ten: ...on PRNewswire ...on SmartBrief

• 12.11.2009 Techlicious: Automatically Stop Distracting Text Messages and Calls While Driving

  Too many people are seemingly addicted to texting while driving—a bad idea under any circumstances. But maybe all that’s needed to break that addiction is a bit of tough love: a new, free Blackberry smart phone that adamantly refuses to receive or send text messages while its owner is behind the wheel, and politely intervenes when a tempter tries to get through.

• 11.30.2009 MassiveLinks: ObdEdge Cellcontrol Prevents Cell Phone Use While Driving

  We all know talking on the cell phone while driving is dangerous. While using a headset can reduce the distraction it brings, it does not eliminate the dangers. ObdEdge Cellcontrol prevents cell phone use while driving.

• 11.24.2009 PRLog: obdEdge completes FCC Distracted Driving Workshop; supports Drive Safer Sunday campaign

  Rounding out a week of participation in an FCC Workshop on Distracted Driving in Washington, D.C., obdEdge llc, the creators of cellcontrol, announced their support of the U.S. House of Representatives Res. 841 declaration of Drive Safer Sunday.

• 11.22.2009 NY TIMES: Driven to Distraction

  ...Employers that want to make sure their drivers abide by bans on cellphone use are obvious potential customers. Community Coffee, a Baton Rouge, La., coffee roaster and distributor, has had such a ban on its 400 trucks for three years, which the company says has helped reduce its accident rate by 30 percent.

• 11.22.2009 Huffington Post: High-Tech Devices Help Drivers Put Down Phones

  ...obdEdge employ systems that place restrictions on phones based on the phone's GPS signal, data from the car itself or from nearby cellphone towers. Any incoming calls are then routed to voice mail or a message explaining that the phone's owner is driving. Exceptions can be made for certain numbers.

• 11.21.2009 St. Louis Today: High-tech baby sitters get drivers off phone

  Rounding out a week of participation in an FCC Workshop on Distracted Driving in Washington, D.C., obdEdge llc, the creators of cellcontrol, announced their support of the U.S. House of Representatives Res. 841 declaration of Drive Safer Sunday.

  More News on High Tech Baby Sitters: ...on Silicon Valley Mercury News ...on cnet News

• 10.14.2009 Earth Times: Text/Call/Email Blocker, cellcontrol Available for BlackBerry Smartphones

  On the heels of their participation in the National Safety Summit in Washington, D.C. obdEdge, llc, a member of the BlackBerry® ISV Alliance Program, announced today, the availability of the consumer version of cellcontrol.

  More News on BlackBerry Solution: ...on SmartBrief

• 10.02.2009 KUUL: Clear Channel Radio Show Interview

  Leigh Gilly, National Business Development Manager for cellcontrol is interviewed on the air with Mark & Steve morning show (the most popular morning radio program in the quad-cities).

• 09.29.2009 CBS WUSA 9: New device prevents testing while drivving

  A company called cellcontrol is out with a tiny device that attaches to the on-board computer in just about every car built since 1996.

• 09.14.2009 The Advocate: Startup firm coins technology to delay texts, calls of drivers

  Seven years ago in his Texas garage, Robert Guba helped launch what would become Trace Security Inc., now a Baton Rouge company counting more than 1,000 corporate customers seeking safety in such ticklish domains as federal corporate governance laws and health-care privacy.

• 09.08.2009 cnet: cellcontrol Curbs Phone Cravings on the Road

  If you can't keep your hands off your cell phone while driving, a new blocking device can help you keep them on the wheel.

• 08.31.2009 Baton Rouge Business Report: Tech Park Firm Develops Product to Block Mobile Devices

  A company in the Louisiana Technology Park has developed a product to block mobile devices in cars in an attempt to reign in the number of people who drive while distracted. cellcontrol, developed by obdEdge, detects when a user's vehicle is in motion and prevents phone calls, text messages and e-mails from going out or coming in, except for 911 or certain exceptions.

• 08.31.2009 The Advocate: Tech Firm Introduces Cell Call Safety

  A new company in the Louisiana Technology Park, obdEdge LLC, announced today that it has developed a patent-pending product that curbs the use of mobile phones by drivers.

• 08.26.2009 cellcontrol Continues to Foster Stronger Relationships

  cellcontrol continues to gain momentum with industry experts and partners. Recently Nokia enhanced the existing relationship with an elevated partner status.

• 08.03.2009cellcontrol Expands Limited Beta Due to Success & Interest

  Growing public concern surrounding driving while distracted is fueling the demand for cellcontrol to expand the current Beta test.

• 07.27.2009cellcontrol Begins Technology Partnerships with Samsung Mobile
• 07.14.2009Out of Nowhere cellcontrol Emerges as a Industry Leader in DWD

  While other companies have been busy talking to the media about future solutions, cellcontrol has quietly been building, testing and now delivering a reliable and "working" solution to address mobile distractions while driving.

• 07.07.2009cellcontrol Expands Technology Partnership with LG Mobile
• 06.18.2009cellcontrol Begins Limited Beta with Focus on BlackBerry SmartPhones
• 05.22.2009cellcontrol Begins Technology Partnerships with Microsoft WindowsMobile
• 05.21.2009cellcontrol Begins Technology Partnerships with LG, Motorola, Nokia & Sony Mobile
• 05.13.2009LA Technology Roundtable Experiences Working cellcontrol Life Saving Device
• 04.04.2009cellcontrol Expands Technology Partnerships with RIM makers of BlackBerry

Teen DWD Statistics

Statistics from: TXT Responsibly

• Despite the risks, the majority of teen drivers ignore cell phone driving restrictions.
• In 2007, driver distractions, such as using a cell phone or text messaging, contributed to nearly 1,000 crashes involving 16 & 17 year old drivers.
• Over 60% of teens admit to risky driving, and nearly half of those that admit to risky driving also admit to text messaging behind the wheel.
• Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 & 19 were the result of cell phone usage. This result has been expected to grow as much as 4% every year.
• Almost 50% of all drivers between the ages of 18 & 24 are texting while driving.
• Over one-third of all young drivers, ages 24 and under, are texting on the road.
• Teens say that texting is their number one driver distraction.

• 08.04.2009RITA Distracted Driving Summit Announced.

  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a September summit to address the dangers of text-messaging and other distractions behind the wheel.

• Law InfoDriving Laws Organization: Hands Free, Text Messaging, and Cell Phone Driving Laws

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