Cell Phones Don't Cause Car Crashes, New Research Suggests

[Hazel]

Cell Phones Don't Cause Car Crashes, New Research Suggests - Yahoo! News

A study by two University of California, Berkeley, graduate students has found no correlation between cell phone use during weekday evening driving and car crashes.


Published by the American Enterprise Institute for Regulatory Studies, the study conflicts with the conclusions of more than 125 earlier studies, which generally found that cell phone usage tended to increase the incidence of accidents.

Interesting, not sure if it's an accurate result due to the method with which they conducted the study but they certainly seem to be going against the grain with this result.

[attagirl]

I cannot believe that it would not. Simply put, when you are talking on the phone- thus holding the phone you are not fully in control of your vehicle, no matter how good a driver you are. You pay less attention to what is going on around you, and cannot always stear the car properly. '

So I say I would like to see there research data. Probably put out by people who drive while using their cell phones.

[Hazel]

I cannot believe that it would not. Simply put, when you are talking on the phone- thus holding the phone you are not fully in control of your vehicle, no matter how good a driver you are. You pay less attention to what is going on around you, and cannot always stear the car properly. '

So I say I would like to see there research data. Probably put out by people who drive while using their cell phones.

Yes, I agree with you. It does seem unbelievable that they get a contradictory answer to all other studies. The reason is due to the flaws in their test.

[ricecook]

Using a mobile phone while driving a car is sometimes prove to be fatal especially if the driver is no using hands free kit with it, as happened in lot of cases.

[blasted]

Yes i have seen alot of drivers going around with mobile phones driving full speed down the motorway and they don't even have hands free kits.There an accident waiting to happen as they have about 80% focus on the phone call, 20% on the road and safety.