Thread: Feds Want to Ban All Cell Phone Use in Cars
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Old 10-08-2010, 02:24 PM
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Default Re: Feds Want to Ban All Cell Phone Use in Cars
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Originally Posted by faithful_servant View Post
Not so, if there are other factors which outweigh the impact of "driving while talking", then your numbers are completely whacked. The number that needs to be looked at is the percentage of increase in cell phone distraction caused accidents vs. the percentage of increase in cell phone ownership among licenced drivers.
They aren't my numbers, and according to the wiki link, the percentage of cell phone distraction caused accidents appears to be pretty minimal.
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