In a move that the Department of Transportation should have made long ago, a new regulation will prohibit truckers from driving while texting.
The move follows on the heels of President Obama’s October executive order prohibiting federal employees from texting while driving.
As the satirical newspaper The Onion jokes, the text messaging ban might be a boon for country music songs about how lonely it is for truckers on the open road.

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