[net-gold] TRANSPORTATION: AUTOMOBILE : TELECOMMUNICATIONS: CELLULAR : SAFETY: Study: Cellphone Bans No Boost for Road Safety
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- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:04:57 -0500 (EST)
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TRANSPORTATION: AUTOMOBILE :
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: CELLULAR :
SAFETY:
Study: Cellphone Bans No Boost for Road Safety
Study: Cellphone Bans No Boost for Road Safety
By Richard Adhikari
Tech News World
01/29/10 12:03 PM PT
<http://www.technewsworld.com/story/
Study-Cellphone-Bans-No-Boost-for-Road-Safety-69235.html>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/yfkpxpr>
A study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety looked at
collision statics in jurisdictions that ban handheld cellphone use,
comparing data from before the bands were passed and after. Conclusion:
Those bans didn't help reduce the number of accidents. The results
surprised even those conducting the study, and they say more research may
be needed.
Laws banning drivers from using handheld cellphones while behind the wheel
don't help to reduce crashes, a study by the Highway Loss Data Institute
has found.
The institute, which is affiliated with the Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety (IIHS), calculated monthly collision claims in New York,
the District of Columbia, Connecticut and California before and after
these states passed such laws.
They compared this data to data from nearby jurisdictions that do not have
specific laws banning the use of the devices.
The results indicated that there were no reductions in crashes after laws
requiring drivers to switch to hands-free cellphone usage were passed.
That was little short of stunning for the IIHS. "We are very surprised at
our findings," institute spokesperson Anne Fleming told TechNewsWorld. "We
were among the people who conducted the first study that indicated using a
cellphone increased the risk of a crash four-fold."
Details of the Study
The IIHS report based on the study states that the risk of crashing goes
up four times when a driver is talking on a cellphone whether or not a
hands-free device is used. However, while cellphone usage has tripled
since 2000, the risk of crashes has declined.
While state bans on handheld phone usage by drivers has cut such usage by
between one-third and one half, the number of collision claims has not
declined, the study found.
The IIHS began looking at crashes long before and after certain
jurisdictions passed laws against handheld cellphone use.
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