Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Ban all cell-phone use by drivers, National Safety Council urges

ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!!!!!!!! I am so sick of being stuck behind people driving 15 miles under the speed limit because they're yacking away on their cell phones. I am sick of listening to people yack on their cell phone, I am sick of hearing them ring.....SICK, SICK, SICK!!!

A national safety group is advocating a total ban on cell-phone use while driving, saying the practice leads to fatalities.

States should ban drivers from using hand-held and hands-free cell phones, and businesses should prohibit employees from using cell phones while driving on the job, the congressionally chartered National Safety Council says, taking those positions for the first time.

Likening talking on cell phones to drunken driving, the group's president and chief executive, Janet Froetscher, said cell-phone use increases the risk of a crash fourfold.

"When our friends have been drinking, we take the car keys away. It's time to take the cell phone away," she said in an interview.

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