WebSafety, Inc. has announced the release of a mobile application they call CellSafety, which should go a long way toward making the roadways safer for everyone.  You see, this particular application actually disables texting and emailing from a moving vehicle.

The company recently increased the application’s compatibility to more than 60 smart phones in the United States and has now expanded CellSafety so that it works on the Bell Mobility and Telus networks in Canada.

CellSafety uses proprietary technology to detect when a vehicle is moving at speeds of more than 10 mph and then prohibits the driver from sending or reading text and email messages, or even using the phone’s web browser.

Texting and emailing while driving is considered one of the most dangerous distractions facing drivers today, and new laws have been passed all over as a response to this hazard. More than 30 U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces now have laws to prevent distracted driving, and President Obama signed an Executive Order banning federal employees from texting while operating government vehicles. WebSafety developed CellSafety as a solution to the problem.

The CellSafety mobile application is available starting at $9.99 per month, with substantial discounts available for commercial and governmental accounts, and can be purchased by visiting www.mywebsafety.com.

Police in Lambton, Ontario stopped a truck driver at around 11:30 a.m. July 7 after a passing motorist reported that the tractor-trailer was weaving “all over the road,” according to a statement by the Ontario Provincial Police.

What police found after they stopped the 58-year-old trucker from Kitchener was one for the books. Apparently, the reason the  truck was weaving because the man was trying to perform self-dentistry, attempting to pull an aching tooth.

To accomplish this tooth-pulling feat, he had tied one end of the string to his tooth, and another to the roof of the truck’s cab. According to police, he was waiting for “one good bump” to yank the tooth out of his mouth.

Needless to say, police cited the truck driver for careless driving.

By the way, his little dentistry experiment apparently worked. When police stopped him, the string and his bloody tooth laid next to him on his seat.