Cell Phones and Driving

As you may know, I am an advocate of laws limiting or eliminating the use of cell phones while driving.

This article appears in the online edition of the Altoona Mirror, Sunday, July 23 --

Altoona Mirror - : "Reaching for a moving object increases the risk of a crash or a near-crash by nine times; looking at an external object by 3.7 times; applying makeup by three times; dialing a handheld device [typically a cell phone] by three times and talking or listening on a handheld device by 1.3 times, according to a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute." (more)