Summary
Drivers who are using cell phones are more likely to be in accidents. Bigger dangers, however, come from fiddling with radios, talking with other people in the car and watching what's going on outside your car. So, while the intent of LD 525, which would ban most uses of handheld cell phones while driving, is good, it can't solve the underlying problem of people driving while they are distracted.
A recent study by the University of North Carolina found that driver distraction was a major cause of traffic accidents. However, cell phone use only contributed to 2.5 percent of such crashes. The primary distractions were people, objects and events outside the car (29 percent), audio equipment (11 percent) and other occupants in the vehicle (11 percent).See the full content of this document
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Driving Distractions
A survey by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, released this week, found that 8 perc...
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