Should the use of cell phones be prohibited while operating a motor vehicle?

austin c

In my state of Texas they are thinking about makeing it a law, I think they should. you can always tell when your behind someone on the phone pokeing along "they are a hazzard to them selves and everyone else on the road"

Patrick W

why would you ask such a question? Cell phones have been used safely in vehicles without a problem. They used to interfere with aircraft and hospital equipment but that has even changed. They are only unsafe when used at a gas pump.

Turtle 6

Absolutely --

And here's a fun one -- some cities are considering making the miscreant lose their license for 90 days; while wearing a cell phone suppository!

Basically, if you're using a cell while driving, you head's there already, it'd be efficient to have the phone there too. . .

It is grounds for dismissal where I work.

Friendly Stranger..

Yes. Cellphones are distractions and they cause accidents every year as a result of their use. Here is the proof as to why the use of cellphones while driving should be banned.

* A study of dangerous driver behavior released in January 2007 by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. found that of 1,200 surveyed drivers, 73 percent talk on cell phones while driving.

* The same 2007 survey found that 19 percent of motorists say they text message while driving.

* In 2005, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that ten percent of drivers are on handheld or hands free cell phones at any given hour of the day.

* A study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Motorists found that motorists who use cell phones while driving are four times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves.

* In 2002, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis calculated that 2,600 people die each year as a result of using cellphones while driving. They estimated that another 330,000 are injured.

* According to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, drivers talking on cell phones are 18 percent slower to react to brake lights. They also take 17 percent longer to regain the speed they lost when they braked.

*In 2007, driver distractions, such as using a cell phone or text messaging, contributed to nearly 1,000 crashes involving 16- and 17-year-old drivers.

*Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage. This result has been expected to grow as much as 4% every year.

old man on the hill

yes, and so should texting. both acts take your mind off the road. in both cases your mind is on the conversation or what you are writing. this makes you much more likely to be involved in an accident

UCANTCME

Absolutely the use of a cell phone should be prohibited while operating a motor vehicle to prevent an unnecessary distraction for drivers.....

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