CELL PHONES AND DRIVING



As you say goodbye to your children as they prepare to go out for the evening you

encourage them to have a few drinks before driving home. While this is not realistic to

think any parent would encourage their teen to drink and drive, it is something that one

might as well tell them if you permit these children to talk on a cell phone while driving.

Is has been proven in many different states that teenage drivers are more susceptible to

accidents without the use of a cell phone, but when they choose to add a cell phone to the

mix, the potential for an accident increases significantly.

Over the past 10 – 15 years, the number of cell phone users has steadily increased.

With this increase, naturally comes at least an equal increase in the number of cell phone

users who drive while talking on the phone. The National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) estimates “there are some 974,000 vehicles on the......

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