Date: October 15, 2008 Location: Lynnwood, WA Type: Car Accident Outcome: Three Injured
A man talking on his cell phone while driving has been blamed for a head-on collision on I-5. Apparently the man was attempting to put his phone in speaker mode when he lost control of his car,. The vehicle jumped the median and collided with a southbound car. Thre people where injured in the collision and taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Driver Electronic Device Use in 2007[PDF] Description: Hand-held cell phone use by drivers was up again to 6 percent in 2007 compared to 5 percent in 2006, and this increase in use occurred in many driver categories, including male drivers, female drivers, drivers age 25 to 69, drivers of all races, and drivers in all vehicle types. This result is from the National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS), which provides the only probability-based observed data on driver electronic device use in the United States. The NOPUS is conducted annually by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
REPORT: Cell Phone Driving Laws Description: Several states restrict cell phone use while driving automobiles. Many states have identified cell phone use by novice drivers as an emerging highway safety problem, the cause of many car accident and have thus restricted the practice.
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