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Re:Is NTSB call for ban on electronics for drivers realistic? by unpolloloco on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @10:03AM (#3352049)
Accident and death rates have been falling since the 70s, even through the past decade as cell phone usage exploded. Is cell phone usage really as big a problem as it's made out to be?
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Re:Is NTSB call for ban on electronics for drivers realistic? by GertG on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @05:25PM (#3353977)
23% of all US car accidents are caused by cell phone use. [1] That's 1.3 million crashes per year. I'd call that a big problem.

[1] http://www.nsc.org/Pages/NSCestimates16millioncrashescausedb...

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