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Drinking drivers

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:32 MDT

Drinking drivers

Updated May 18, 2013 06:34PM MDT

Despite an avowed aversion to anything coming from the federal government, Utah legislators seemed eager this past week to consider adopting the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation that states reduce their drunk-driving blood-alcohol thresholds. Sen. John Valentine, R-Orem, who is the Utah Legislature’s leader in setting state liquor policy, said he and his colleagues will closely consider the NTSB’s support for prohibiting driving with a blood-alcohol concentration above 0.05...

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Drop that phone and drive

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:29:41 MDT

Drop that phone and drive

By rolayne fairclough

Updated May 18, 2013 10:29AM MDT

By Rolayne Fairclough As I write this, three girls are in hospitals with serious injuries. They were hit on their way home from school by a driver who was sending a text message. The sad irony here is that this week also marked the date when Utah’s new teen driver cell phone ban went into effect. We know from the Utah Department of Public Safety’s “2010 Utah Crash Summary” that inexperienced teen drivers made up 8 percent of Utah’s licensed drivers in 2010, and yet they were involved in 21 p...

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Business news briefs

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:01:03 MDT

Business news briefs

staff and news services

Updated May 14, 2013 07:01PM MDT

Jolie’s news boosts Myriad Gentics Shares of Utah-based cancer test developer Myriad Genetics rose 4 percent in the wake of reports that actress Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy after learning she was at high risk for breast cancer. Myriad offers a test aimed at determining a woman’s risk of getting hereditary breast or ovarian cancer by looking for defective genes. Boeing resumes 787 deliveries Boeing restarted deliveries of 787s on Tuesday after a four-month halt while it dealt wi...

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Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:10:22 MDT

Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

By PETER SVENSSON The Associated Press

Updated May 14, 2013 07:10PM MDT

New York • The country’s four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T’s “It Can Wait” slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile will be joined by 200 other organizations backing the multimillion-dollar ad campaign. The campaign is unusual not just because it unites rivals, but because it represents companies warning against the dangers of their own produc...

Among new Utah laws Tuesday: Cellphone ban for teen drivers

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:11:25 MDT

Among new Utah laws Tuesday: Cellphone ban for teen drivers

By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 12:11PM MDT

A few years ago, state Rep. Lee Perry — who is also a Utah Highway Patrol lieutenant — was investigating an accident that killed a young driver. She had been talking on a cellphone during a snowstorm, lost control and rolled her car. He picked the cellphone off the ground near the accident scene when it began ringing. “It was a friend of hers,” Perry recalls. “She said, ‘What happened to my friend? We were talking on the phone and all the sudden she screamed and that’s the last I heard and the...