Today, the New York Times posted a story reporting that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) withheld more than 250 pages of research into the risks of driving while operating a cell phone. The 2003 government report was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit pursued by consumer advocacy groups Center for Auto Safety and Public Citizen. (The full report can be accessed here as a pdf.) The Times article exposes that the government learned then of the significant dangers associated with combining telephone use with driving, and it accuses the government of suppressing the findings for political reasons.

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“Man charged for watching porn while driving”
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If you call someone on a cell phone and it sounds as though they are driving, ask them to return your call when they are not driving, and hang up. If someone calls you, while they are driving, ask them to call back when they are not driving, and hang up. If you are not sure, ask the other party if they are driving.

I will no longer talk to my sister if she is driving and she has agreed to not call me when operating a motor vehicle. She acknowledged that she was speaking to a friend while this friend was driving and he struck another vehicle.

We can be part of the solution, and we do not need to be part of the problem. It takes at least two parties to have a telephone conversation, consider to not be the other one.

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