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Driving with a cell phone was banned in Japan after a study found the number of traffic accidents related to the phones increased by 11 percent from 1997 to 1998. In the month after the law went into effect, the number of accidents caused by drivers using cell phones fell by about 75 percent. |
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The Insurance Research Council's Public Attitude Monitor showed that four out of five survey respondents (82%) agree that using cell phones in cars distracts drivers and increases the likelihood of accidents; 84% of cell phone owners agree |
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Violanti and Marshall studied the association between cellular telephone use and EIGHTEEN other driver inattention factors and traffic crash risk. Results indicated that talking for more than 50 minutes per month on a cellular phone in a vehicle was associated with a 5.59 fold increased risk of a traffic crash over other factors. |
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There is a nine-fold increase in the risk of fatality given the use of a cellular telephone (Violanti, 1998, case-control study of data from 223,137 traffic crashes in Oklahoma from 1992 - 1995) |
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Cell phone users are four to five HUNDRED percent more likely to get into traffic accidents than those who do not use them (NEJM, 2/13/97) |
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The risk of having a traffic accident while using a cellular phone is the same as that while driving drunk (NEJM, 2/13/97) |
The use of cell phones while vehicle is in motion has already been banned in Australia, Spain, Israel, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Chile, Switzerland, Great Britain, Singapore, Taiwan, Sweden, Japan, and Austria.
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