House Panel To Examine Driving, Texting

The House 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.