Ominously, research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — suppressed for years and released on Tuesday after petitions were filed by advocacy groups — shows that there are “negligible differences” in accident risk whether you’re holding the phone or not. Hands-free devices may even enhance the danger by lulling you into complacency.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Column of the Day: Hang up and drive!
As my eldest prepares for driver's training, his father loses sleep for all of the same reasons his father lost sleep thirty years ago. Maureen Dowd's op-ed in today's NY Times shares some frightening stats about driving under the influence of cell phones:
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