Cellphone Ban Laws – Recent Studies
The KTSC email discussion recently included quite a few comments (21 in all) regarding laws banning cell phone use while driving. Since there is so much interest, links are provided in the reference, enforcement and news categories for updates on studies and other related matters.
The information that generated the discussion came from an article printed in the Wall Street Journal on January 30, 2010 by Joseph B. White. He has followed that article with follow up regarding the study.
The problem with the whole cocept of a cell phone ban is that there was no evidence that the increased use of cell phones had a significant effect on total accidents.
Controlled experiments to show how cell phone use affected driver performance were not necessarily indicative of real world performance. For example a cell phone user can drop the phone in an emergency, but a drunk, stays drunk.
ken obenski
February 24, 2010 at 9:36 am