Should Cell Phones Be Ban From Driving Or Do Away With?

In the past five years, cell phone use while driving has become the next biggest problem for the government to handle. Even though some government officials feel it is not causing that much of a problem. In a recent study done at the turn of the century by Robert W. Hahn and Paul C. Tetlock, cell phone use in cars will have caused about 10,000 serious accidents that year, leading to 100 fatalities. In 2002, another study was made by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. In their study, they found that drivers using cell phones are responsible for about 6 percent of U.S auto accidents each year, killing an estimated 2,600 people and injuring 330,000 others {f}. As you can see, within two years of research, the percentile

Regardless while playing with the radio, car temperature, talking to the passenger, the driver is still distracted. The government has chosen to ban cell phone use while driving “Beginning October 1, 2003 (FY 2004), H.R. 1837 would direct the U.S. Transportation Secretary to withhold highway funds (much like the drinking age legislation introduced over a decade ago) from States that do not comply with a law prohibiting the use of mobile telephones by individuals operating a motor vehicle. In particular, the Secretary shall withhold five percent of a state's apportioned transportation funds beginning FY 2004 for non-compliance, and increases to ten percent thereafter in the subsequent fiscal years. For a State deemed to be in compliance of the Federal statute, it is required to enact legislation that makes it "unlawful throughout the State the use of a handheld mobile telephone by an individual who is operating a motor vehicle." However, H.R. 1837 makes exception for the use of a cell phone while driving: (1) in emergency situations; and (2) when using a "hands free" device while talking.”{f} Action has been done and government will ban drivers using cell phones in all states.

has grown and something needs to be done.

The cell phone industry has very little defense against such accusations, with the exception of their great need during emergencies. The industry argues against the banning of cell phones while driving. Tom Wheeler, president and chief executive officer of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, the trade group for the cell phone industry, stands firm in his views that cell phones should not be banned. He states that “wireless phones are the greatest safety tools invented since the creation of 911 itself."{f

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