Drivers Using Cell Phones Are Very Dangerous, Austrailian Study Finds


[What do you think about SB2? Here is one cyclists opinion:]

Dear Senator,

I urge you to support Senator Mike Lenett's bill (SB2) banning the use of cell phones by young drivers. Actually the bill is not nearly sufficient. No driver should use a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle. I have been nearly run over many time by drivers who were talking on cell phones while I was trying to walk across streets at intersections. What is worse, most of the time those drivers had no idea that they nearly killed me!

The following responsible study determined that drivers using cell phones have a four fold greater risk of traffic accidents. Please note that the study found that hands-free devices did not reduce the incidence of accidents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Overview of SB2: <a href="http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/SB0002.htm">http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/SB0002.htm</a>;
Full text: <a href="http://mlis.state.md.us/2008RS/bills/sb/sb0002f.pdf">http://mlis.state.md.us/2008RS/bills/sb/sb0002f.pdf</a>;
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
1005 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington, VA 22201
Phone 703/247-1500 Fax 247-1588
<a href="http://www.iihs.org">www.iihs.org</a>;

Status Report, Vol. 40, No. 6, July16, 2005

[Full Report at: <a href="http://www.iihs.org/sr/pdfs/sr4006.pdf&gt;http://www.iihs.org/sr/pdfs/sr4006.pdf">http://www.iihs.org/sr/pdfs/sr4006.pdf&gt;http://www.iihs.org/sr/pdfs/sr4006.pdf</a>; ]
If you DRIVE WHILE PHONING you

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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