WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving.

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  1. President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Seated at the table are Secretary of Sate Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, behind Obama, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, second from right, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
  2. President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. At left is Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right.
  3. Defense Secretary Roberty Gates, third from left, watches as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Also seated at the table are Secretary of Sate Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, second from right, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right.
  4. In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, Visiting U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, right, shakes hands with Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin during their meeting on the sidelines of the conference on road safety in Moscow. A first meeting of the world's transport ministers on road safety is to begin Thursday in Moscow. A group of road safety advocates urging world leaders to treat road accidents as though they were a killer disease.
  5. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving.
  9. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (L) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski (R) take their seats to testify about legislation to curb the behavior of drivers distracted by mobile phone calls, texts and e-mail, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC.LaHood reportedly will also include distracted flying in the initiative.
  10. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies about legislation to curb the behavior of drivers distracted by mobile phone calls, texts and e-mail, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC.LaHood reportedly will also include distracted flying in the initiative.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies about legislation to curb the behavior of drivers distracted by mobile phone calls, texts and e-mail, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC.LaHood reportedly will also include distracted flying in the initiative.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (L) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski (R) testify about legislation to curb the behavior of drivers distracted by mobile phone calls, texts and e-mail, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. LaHood reportedly will also include distracted flying in the initiative.
  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (L) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski (R) testify about legislation to curb the behavior of drivers distracted by mobile phone calls, texts and e-mail, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. LaHood reportedly will also include distracted flying in the initiative.
  14. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (L) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski (R) testify about legislation to curb the behavior of drivers distracted by mobile phone calls, texts and e-mail, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. LaHood reportedly will also include distracted flying in the initiative.
  15. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, before a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on combating distracted driving.
  16. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski looks on at right as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on combating distracted driving.

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