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Cell Phones News Archive29-Jun-2008'T' workers hit for cell phone use (WBZ News Radio Boston) Dozens of MBTA bus and subway drivers have been disciplined for using Cell Phones while on the job during the past three years. Records obtained The Associated Press show that penalties for the drivers ranged from a day suspension to, inat least one case, the firing of a subway operator. At least 44 T drivers nailed for cell calls (Boston Herald) Dozens of MBTA bus drivers and subway operators have been disciplined for using Cell Phones while on the job during the past two and a half years. Penalties for Massachusetts... MBTA drivers cited for cell phones (The Nashua Telegraph) BOSTON -- Dozens of MBTA bus drivers and subway operators have been disciplined for using cell phones while on the job during the past two and a half years. ... - By STEVE LeBLANC The Associated Press Lift Ban on Cell Phones in Hospital: Doctor (Voice of the Common Man) The Chair of Oncology at Memorial University believes cell phones and other personal communication devices should be allowed at hospitals in the province, including the cancer centre. Dr. David Saltman has written a letter which is posted on the Medical Association's website. WA law bans cell phones while driving (The Olympian) New York, the first state to pass a law against hand-held cell phone chatting, saw more than 81,000 tickets issued in 2002, the first full year the law was in place. By 2007, the number of tickets jumped to more than 312,000, according to the New York Department of Motor Vehicles. Plan to avoid traffic jams using cell phones (San Francisco Chronicle) State and federal transportation officials unveiled plans Wednesday to reduce traffic congestion in the Bay Area by giving drivers real-time information through their cell phones. Later this year, officials will begin a six-month experiment monitoring the... More ditching landlines for cell phones (The MetroWest Daily News) A state agency says that 50 percent of all 911 calls are made on cell phones, which in Massachusetts are routed through the State Police facilities in Framingham, along with two others in the commonwealth. Regional cell company MetroPCS to accept cell phones from other carriers (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) NEW YORK - MetroPCS Communications Inc. has become the largest U.S. wireless carrier to say it will let customers bring cell phones from other carriers, which it will then reprogram for use on its own network. Children should be taught how to use cell phones in event of an emergency (Portsmouth Herald) WASHINGTON ? A third of the 20 million American preteen children between the ages of 8-12 already have Cell Phones, and that level will jump to nearly half by 2010, according to industry experts.
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