Traffic Talk: Study on phone use while driving proves interesting, inconclusive

 
By DON GAMMILL
Published: July 18, 2011

Here's a little something for the next time you enter a discussion on cellphones and driving.

A recently completed, comprehensive study on distracted driving has found there is no conclusive evidence that no-hands cellphone use while driving is any less risky than hand-held use.

So much for that argument. But there's more.

The study also found that there is no evidence that cellphone or texting bans hav...


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