Thirty states have banned texting while driving.

至今30个州已明令禁止了边驾驶边发短信的行为。

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Many US states have laws banning the use of cellphones or texting while driving but police are generally lax about enforcing the law.

美国的很多州都有法律禁止在开车的时候使用手机或是发短信，但是警察一般对这种违法管得很松。

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The problem with texting while driving is that we're not cognitively equipped to do both tasks at the same time.

驾驶时发短信的问题在于，我们天生不能兼顾两件事情。

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"If you're texting while driving, you are twenty-three times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isn't.

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"If you're texting while driving, you are 23 times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isn't."

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of the danger of texting, or even talking on phone while driving.

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State police will begin stepped-up enforcement of the laws against texting while driving on Saturday, Superintendent Joseph D'Amico said.

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Chronic detachment can lead to catastrophic results like car accidents, which is why many states ban texting while driving.

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Mr. Palumbo is confident his legislation will pass in Rhode Island, where texting while driving has been banned since 2009.

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