Pennsylvania drops cell phone ban
By: Drivers.com staff
Date: 2002-03-06
Pennsylvania drivers will not face a ban on the use of cell phones while driving. A new research report that indicates a low level of crashes could be tied directly to mobile phone use has led legislators to abandon efforts to stop the phone use. According to the article in the Post-Gazette , the report by the Joint State Government Commission found that "3.5 percent of crashes reported to police statewide during 1999 and 2000 were at least partially attributed to distractions. Only a tiny fraction--0.4 percent--was specifically tied to cell phones." Although distractions are underreported as a cause of collisions, by how much is not known. The report's authors suggest that other distractions are equally problematic. New York remains the only state with a ban on phone use while driving.
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