In Ontario it's an offence you can be pulled over for alone. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > 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:344858 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
