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Cell Phone Ban: Distraction Related Accidents While Driving Becoming Epidemic
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A nationwide cell phone ban in the US is being recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on December 13, 2011. The proposed cell phone ban is due to increasing distraction-related accidents while driving which alarmed NTSB, according to international reports on that same day.
The cell phone ban recommendation is a result of an investigation pertaining to last year’s car accident in Missouri. According to NTSB press release on December 13, 2011, their investigation revealed that the 19-year-old pickup driver sent and received 11 text messages in the 11 minutes immediately before the car collission. The last text was received moments before the pickup struck the truck-tractor.
Deborah A.P. Hersman, NTSB Chairman discussed the proposed cell phone ban during a press conference after a meeting regarding the Missouri incident.
“According to NHTSA, more than 3,000 people lost their lives last year in distraction-related accidents. It is time for all of us to stand up for safety by turning off electronic devices when driving. No call, no text, no update, is worth a human life,” said Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman as quoted in a report.
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