Maryland Toughens Handheld Phone Ban

by Ronald V. Miller, Jr., Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog

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The problem is that there is data that suggests that it's not the holding of the phone, but the distraction in general that causes more accidents. It may be that it is not so much where your hands are when you are driving - not many of us are in a 10-2 position anyway - but where your mind is.

So should we eliminate talking on the phone while driving? Honestly, we probably should. I talk on the phone constantly when I'm driving but never with my kids in the car. But there is zero - absolutely zero - inertia to ban cell phone use while driving. Everyone turns a blind eye to these statistics because we believe what we want to believe and we don't want to give it up. Ironically, there is just one group that sees it my way: insurance companies.

<a href="http://www.marylandinjurylawyerblog.com/2013/04/maryland_toughens_handheld_pho_1.html">http://www.marylandinjurylawyerblog.com/2013/04/maryland_toughens_handheld_pho_1.html</a>;
(Note: Link to the data in the quoted article.)