House Panel To Examine Driving, Texting
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will take its turn Wednesday at hearing perspectives on the dangers of using handheld devices while driving. The joint session of the Subcommittees on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and Communications, Technology and the Internet comes a week after the Senate Commerce Committee staged a similar event. At the Senate hearing, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said his agency wants to play an active role in encouraging technologies that can reduce injuries and loss of life due to distracted driving.
Genachowski has been invited to the witness table once again. He is expected to be joined by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood; CTIA - The Wireless Association President Steve Largent; David Teater of Transportation Strategic Initiatives; Center for Auto Safety Executive Director Clarence Ditlow; Robert Strassburger of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers; Tom Dingus of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute; and Anne McCartt of the Insurance Institute for Highway and Auto Safety.
Read coverage of last week's Senate Commerce hearing here.
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