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I?M NOT SURPRISED: Laws banning cellphone use while driving have no effect: study. ?As state legis?

By Glenn Reynolds

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I’M NOT SURPRISED: Laws banning cellphone use while driving have no effect: study. “As state legislators across the United States enact laws that ban phoning and texting while driving, a new study is showing no reductions in crashes after hand-held phone bans take effect. Comparing insurance claims for crash damage in 4 US jurisdictions before and after such bans, The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) researchers find claim rates are comparable with nearby jurisdictions without such bans. ‘The laws aren’t reducing crashes, even though we know that such laws have reduced hand-held phone use, and several studies have established that phoning while driving increases crash risk,’ says Adrian Lund, president of HLDI.”


Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 30, 2010 (boomark / email).

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