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Cell Phone Usage While Driving

Posted Tue 12th Jun, 2012 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights

According to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the risk of having a traffic accident while using a cellular phone is the same as that while driving drunk. Furthermore, telephones that are “hands-free” do not appear to be any safer than those that are not. Some notable findings from this study include: Drivers using their cell phone drove slightly slower, were 9% slower to hit their brakes, and displayed 24% more variation …