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New Studies to Change Policy Debate About Distracted Driving

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

Research released today by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) is likely to change the policy debates about distracted driving. Among other things, the research shows that drivers talking on a phone are four times as likely to crash...roughly the same increased odds as a driver with a .08 BAC. These statistics undoubtedly will bolster the position of policy-makers seeking more regulation to reduce distracted driving. California already leads the nation in this regard, having enacted laws that prohibit hand-held phone use and texting or Internet use behind the wheel. That debate is pretty much over. But the NHTSA data will take the policy debate a step further. The studies indicate that bluetooth or hands-free handsets don't solve the problem...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).