All but a few of the bans make it a secondary offense - the police cannot stop the drivers just for being on the cell alone. It has to be done in conjunction with other driving offenses. I would be much more interested in the results if it were a primary offense instead, then see the differences.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/auto-insurance-researchers-cell-phone-bans-dont-help-reduce-c/ > > Finally some empirical evidence that these bans don't stop crashes. > > " The IIHS (funded by a group of car insurers) compared crash data between > states that had instituted cell phone bans and those that hadn't. According > to its research, while the ban had reduced phone use (whoa, really?), it > hadn't helped reduce crash rates." > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344850 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
