States should ban all use of cellphones and other electronic...
States should ban all use of cellphones and other electronic devices by drivers not using hand-held devices, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The five-member NTSB agreed unanimously to call for the ban, in a report on an August…
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2010 accident near Gray Summit, Mo. In that accident, a pickup plowed into the back of a truck, and in turn was hit by a school bus. A second school bus ran into the back of the first bus. Two people died and 38 were injured. NTSB’s investigation found that the driver of the pickup sent and received 11 text messages in the 11 minutes preceding the accident (http://xrl.us/bmkv7z). “According to [government figures], more than 3,000 people lost their lives last year in distraction-related accidents,” said Chairman Deborah Hersman. “It is time for all of us to stand up for safety by turning off electronic devices when driving.” “Manual texting while driving is clearly incompatible with safety, which is why we have historically supported a ban on texting while driving,” said CTIA President Steve Largent, responding to the NTSB. “As far as talking on wireless devices while driving, we defer to state and local lawmakers and their constituents as to what they believe are the most appropriate laws where they live."