One of America's "Most Urgent Traffic Safety Issues"

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I'm not popular when I suggest to people that cell phone talking should be banned altogether.

And I do understand that when you're sitting in traffic and things aren't moving, you sort of want to reach out to someone and not be alone.

However----at high speeds, it should definitely be banned. I have absolutely no question in my mind about that----based on 18 years of traffic reporting and over two decades of driving, much of that in L.A.



Source: National Safety Council, NSC Journal of Safety Research



National Safety Council President & CEO Janet Froetscher identified cell phone use while driving as one of America’s most urgent traffic safety issues. In January the NSC became the first national organization to call for a total ban on that activity, based on scientific estimates that cell phone use while driving contributes to 6 percent of crashes, or 636,000 crashes, 330,000 injuries, 12,000 serious injuries, and 2,600 deaths each year. The same research put the annual financial toll of cell phone-related crashes at $43 billion.

“Our nation has reached a point where we estimate more than 100 million people are engaging in this dangerous behavior daily,” Froetscher said, adding that the issue is not the type of phone a driver uses, rather it is the distraction caused by the conversation. “Hands-free devices do not make cell phones any safer. Several studies indicate that the principle risk is the cognitive distraction. Studies also show that driving while talking on a cell phone is extremely dangerous and puts drivers at a four-times greater crash risk.”