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=Title Should cellphones be banned from cars?= Odalys, this is still mostly copied and pasted from various web sites.

The Harvard Center for Risk Analysis reported in December 2002 that cell phone use could be faulted in 6 percent of the auto accidents in the United States each year. In the past three years, cell phone usage has been an issue in several lawsuits, and employers are being held responsible if a worker causes an accident while talking on the phone. Many people have reported cases of accidents that have cause death during the deadly accident. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that driver distraction is a factor in between 20% and 30% of the 6 million car crashes each year.Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year, according to the journal's publisher, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, according to the journal's publisher, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Do teenagers get more distracted than adults?
That's what happened Sept. 22 in South Knox County, when driver Mary Beth Shahan, 15, reached down for her beeping phone and caused her car to collide with two elementary students in a crosswalk, one of whom suffered a concussion, police said. know I wrote [|teen dies in car crash] and I still do feel that way. I feel with other kids in a car, the driver is way to distractBut I’ve been hearing more and more about passing a law that [|teens can’t drive and talk on a cell phone] and I simply don’t think that teenagers are any different than any other person or driver when it comes to talking on cell phones while driving. Speeding is a factor in 31 percent of all fatal crashes, killing an average 1,000 teens each month (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety).
 * ** Crashes per 10,000 trips ** ||
 * ** # of passengers: ** ||  **0**   ||  **1**   ||  **2**   ||  **3**   ||
 * ** 16/17-year-olds ** ||  1.6   ||  2.3   ||  3.3   ||  6.3   ||
 * ** 18/19-year-olds ** || 10 || || ||  2.1   ||
 * ** 18/19-year-olds ** || 10 || || ||  2.1   ||


 * **Driving at Night:**
 * Nearly two in three high school teen drivers (64 percent) say they drive with more than three people in the car, and 28 percent think this is "safe."
 * According to the 2002 IIHS data, 41 percent of all teen driving deaths, ages 16-19, occur between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Studies show night time driving restrictions for teens are associated with crash reductions of up to 60 percent during restricted hours.

Number of accidents occur every year........
Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year, according to the journal's publisher, the Human Factors and Ergonomics SocietyCell phone distraction There is a factor in 20% to 30% of the 6million car crashes every single year. It only takes a second for a crash to happen. Distractions occur when drivers concentrate on something other than operating their vehicles, such as engaging in cell phone conversations (or watching DVDs!). July Fourth is the deadliest driving day of the year, according to the most recent data from the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety. And a new study delivers unsettling news for anyone on the road on July 4. Of the drivers polled, 98% percent think they are safe drivers, yet 72% percent are guilty of driving while distracted. More than four out of five cell phone owners are guilty of talking on their phones while driving. Further, almost 80 percent have been in a vehicle with distracted drivers and more than 40% percent have been hit or almost hit by another driver who was talking on a cell phone while driving.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A recent study shows that drivers engaged in phone conversations were less aware of traffic movements around them.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using a hands-free unit does not eliminate the distraction of having a cell phone conversation while driving.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The risk of a crash involving a teenage driver increases with each additional teen passenger in the vehicle.

How a Cell Phone Contributes to Driving Dangers Two types of cell phone behavior typically lead to unsafe driving conditions:

 * Handling the phone: dialing, answering, text messaging, etc.
 * The conversation introduced to the environment.

[|www.ask.com] http://joyerickson.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/teen-dies-in-car-crash/ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/06/09/study-shows-teens-ignore-safe-driving-cell-phone-laws/ http://www.sadd.org/issues_distracted_know.htmgoogle.com onekey.com

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