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Study: No Evidence Cell Phone Bans Reduce Crashes

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By Doug McKelway
Published July 07, 2011
A comprehensive study on distracted driving has found there is no conclusive evidence that hands-free cell phone use while driving is any less risky than hand-held cell phone use.
The study, which was commissioned by the non-profit Governors Highway Safety Association, and funded by State Farm Insurance, also found that there is no evidence that cell phone or texting bans have reduced crashes.
The findings come after nine states have imposed bans on hand-held cell phone use while driving, and 34 states have imposed texting bans for drivers behind the wheel. Despite the findings, The Governors Highway Safety Association does not recommend that restrictions on cell phone use or texting be lifted in any of the states where they presently exist.
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This leaves me kind of wondering. :shrug:
 
It seems many people only have one brain cell to work with. Allowing them to multitask can be dangerous.
 
Based on what I have seen personally, I have my doubts about the study.
 
My greater fear is a woman driver behind me applying her makeup.
 
Maybe for smart people, but what about stupid people?

 
^ This.

We will never be able to legislate driving to be 100% safe no matter how many laws we create. They teach you in driving school that multitasking is dangerous, that you should have both hands on the wheel at all times, and that you should check your lines of sight every 6-8 seconds. How many people actually do these things constantly?

If you have never been in a car accident then you will take for granted just what high velocity motion means. I've been in eight accidents, three of them major. When your car comes to a halt, you have no control, and the sound of crashing metal is all around you, it feels like the world is ending and your soul is being torn out. And FYI I was never the perpetrator in any of those accidents. People are irresponsible on the road and driving is inherently dangerous. It was that way before cell phones came onto the scene and it shall remain.

You put organic beings into fast, moving metal with few safety devices and this is what happens. We have to at some point accept that the freedom of driving carries risks and that's just reality.
 
I could of told you this before any bans took place. :)
 
Honestly, that was an awful article. I couldn't find a link to the study. It says the report says it doesnt work and the authors say we should hold off on implementing new bans. Then at the end it says, all states should implement no texting while driving laws. WHAT?! I don't get the logic in that. So I think more people would like to have a say in this so...

RESURRECTING the thread. GO!
 
PerfectStorm said:
My greater fear is a woman driver behind me applying her makeup.
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I don't understand how any woman does that. As a lady myself I don't even apply chapstick while driving. You hit one pot-hole and all of a sudden your cornea is getting a nice coating of lip wax.
 
my personal policy is that i answer the phone if i'm driving, but i do not read or answer texts, and i generally don't initiate calls.

my guess is that newer cars will become more and more mobile-friendly and eventually the texting thing will be handled by speech based commands via vehicle bluetooth. i wouldn't be surprised to learn that some vehicles already have this capability.
 
Helix said:
my personal policy is that i answer the phone if i'm driving, but i do not read or answer texts, and i generally don't initiate calls.

my guess is that newer cars will become more and more mobile-friendly and eventually the texting thing will be handled by speech based commands via vehicle bluetooth. i wouldn't be surprised to learn that some vehicles already have this capability.
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My boyfriend's car can do voice-to-text and will read his text messages to him. Essentially, with the exception of pushing the "command" button, he's 100% hands free if he wants to be.
 
Too bad people need someone else to tell them what is right or wrong, safe or unsafe.

Hope that study helps you in your quest for the truth.

Btw the labels on plastic bags that tell you there is a great risk of suffocation if you place that bag over your head are there because some of you have no common sense at all.
 
mattillac said:
Too bad people need someone else to tell them what is right or wrong, safe or unsafe.

Hope that study helps you in your quest for the truth.

Btw the labels on plastic bags that tell you there is a great risk of suffocation if you place that bag over your head are there because some of you have no common sense at all.
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I had to put the bag over my head to read the text 'cause they put it on backwards!
 
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