NTSB released it's recommendation on cell phone use while driving today.

dfergie said:

If you are driving 80+ on the Autobahn you better be focused...

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mike123abc said:

Going back on topic this is just a reccomendation. It does not have the force of law. I am pretty confident that state legistlatures will not do an outright ban of electronic devices in a car, much less a complete cell phone ban. The ability to talk on a cell phone is just viewed as too important by too many people. Texting has been banned by a few states, I would suggest those bans were able to happen because texting is viewed as an unsafe activity that has been limited to "young irresponsible" drivers and the majority of voting age people never text much while driving.

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rockymtnhigh said:

The only way this could happen is if Congress mandates it and ties it to federal funding., like was done with the drinking age or speed limit. You want Federal highway dollars, you pass the law. And even then states would be free to make their own decision, although the coercive nature of the threatened loss of fed $ is a powerful motivator.

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mike123abc said:

I would also venture that talking on a cell phone while driving is just too popular with the voters that Congress would not pass a ban on it. Sure the voters know that doing nothing but driving, with both hands on the wheel with no distractions and being well rested is best. But, they will still demand the ability to drive under other circumstances.

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rockymtnhigh said:

The only way this could happen is if Congress mandates it and ties it to federal funding., like was done with the drinking age or speed limit. You want Federal highway dollars, you pass the law. And even then states would be free to make their own decision, although the coercive nature of the threatened loss of fed $ is a powerful motivator.

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DodgerKing said:

Which is my main issue with it.

A total cell phone ban, even hands-free while driving.

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Nicholas E. Burger, Daniel T. Kaney and Bo Yuz

November 2011

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On July 1st, 2008, California enacted a ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving. Using California Highway Patrol panel accident data for California freeways from January 1st, 2008 to December 31st, 2008, we examine whether this policy reduced the number of accidents on California highways. To control for unobserved time-varying effects that could be correlated with the ban, we use high-frequency data and a regression discontinuity design. We nd no evidence that the ban on hand-held cell phone use led to a reduction in trac accidents.

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rockymtnhigh said:

FINE, don't discuss it here.

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