Driving southbound on I-79 in Washington County in recent days, motorists might have seen one of the highway’s electronic billboards bearing a simple message: “Phones Down, Eyes Up. It’s the Law.” And starting Friday, drivers who are caught with their eyes down gazing at their phones ...
The statistics are somewhat startling. Teens receive as many as 237 notifications on their smartphones daily and spend close to eight hours a day on screens, with an average of 1 1/2 of those hours during the school day. Let that sink in for a moment. Now, imagine the frustration of the ...
The smartphone is a powerful tool, offering a near limitless pool of information, good and bad, at your fingertips. That also makes it a powerful distraction. Some school districts have implemented policies cracking down on cellphone use during the school day in an effort to make students ...
