In reference to policy outcomes and choice, discuss how you would defend hands-free cell phone usage while driving. Also contribute your initial research impressions on this topic by providing data from a state on safety/citation records. See Distracted Driving to assist in your research

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In reference to policy outcomes and choice, discuss how you would defend hands-free cell phone usage while driving. Also contribute your initial research impressions on this topic by providing data from a state on safety/citation records. See Distracted Driving to assist in your research
Using a cellphone while driving increases crash risk. Researchers have consistently linked texting or otherwise manipulating a cellphone to increased risk. Some studies, but not all, have found that talking on a cellphone also increases crash risk.

Cellphones and texting aren’t the only things that can distract drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines distracted driving as any activity that could divert attention from the primary task of driving. Besides using electronic gadgets, distractions can also include adjusting a radio, eating and drinking, reading, grooming, and interacting with passengers. The crash risk associated with these other activities isn’t well established.

It’s not clear that banning hand-held phone use and texting reduces crashes. This is the case even though IIHS research has documented that bans on hand-held phone use reduce overall phone use. Crashes have increased in recent years, but overall cellphone use has not. Drivers are distracted by things other than cellphones, so prohibiting phone use will not eliminate distracted driving. Broader countermeasures that keep drivers from becoming distracted or that mitigate the consequences of distracted driving, such as crash avoidance technology, may be more effective than cellphone bans.

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