Tag Archives: texting while driving
Happy Hour: Failure Abounds
Oops, TennCare accidentally sent out 3,900 people’s social security numbers to the wrong addresses. TGIF! [WTVF]
And this is your monthly “People Are Not Getting Pulled Over For Texting While Driving Because No One Has Any Idea How To Enforce This Thing, Which Is What Everyone Was Saying All Along” update. [WSMV]
Starting with the NFL draft, [...]
Bright & Early: Stop The Bus Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A federal judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff in NAACP’s civil rights lawsuit against Metro Nashville Public Schools and mandated that the child be transferred back to Bellevue Middle School, which is the school she went to before Metro’s controversial rezoning. The judge also ruled that John Early Middle needs to [...]
Bright & Early: Hate To Say We Told You So Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It’s been almost a month since the texting while driving ban went into effect, and so far we’re hearing two things: Not many citations have been issued and law enforcement officers have no idea how to enforce it. Sheriff’s deputies in Montgomery County are particularly confused about how they’re supposed to tell [...]
Driver’s Ed, Perhaps? [Mixed Reviews By People Who Don't Live Here]
We already knew that Nashville had some pretty bad drivers. Our daily commutes are such an adventure that we’re really not surprised that Tennessee drivers scored 38th place in a test administered by GMAC Insurance to test basic driving knowledge. Folks, that means that we are ranked in 14th place among States With The Worst [...]
Texting & Driving Get A Divorce; What Do You Think? [Nashvillest Polls]
Hot on the heels of the news that Governor Phil has signed the bill banning texting while driving in Tennessee, most of us are having some pretty mixed feelings. What about Twitter/How will we kick the habit/Is there a patch for this addiction/Can we get away with making grocery lists on our cell phones while [...]
Bright & Early: Tough Times Ahead Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We mentioned last week a few times that Perry County, which is only about 90 miles southwest of Nashville, has an unemployment rate of 27%. We had a hard enough time wrapping our minds around that one, but now we’re hearing that it actually has the second highest unemployment rate in the [...]
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