Wow, I heard this years ago and then it seemed to go away. This is a huge
challenge with all of the new cars having hands-free technology.
Every once in a while on twitter I say that you can be as distracted as you
want when you ride transit. Of course, that assumes transit exists and is
good.
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Phyllis Orrick <phylliso(a)berkeley.edu>wrote;wrote:
Hi all,
Everyone's probably already seen this story, but it's significant for
California.
California's had a hands-free requirement for adult drivers and an all-out
ban since July 1, 2008, and we are seeing a reduction. SafeTREC is still
examining the data, but preliminary results support a slight, but
significant, reduction.
Front page NY Times Dec. 14, 2011:
http://tinyurl.com/6uwk6zx
Nice to see this attention.
Phyllis
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