There are many causes of distraction. Probably the biggest and most dangerous is a mother driving with small children in the back seat, who keeps turning around to check on them, scold them, etc. Other distractions include changing CDs, tuning the radio, drinking coffee, and smoking. Many of us have seen women putting on makeup, and people reading the newspaper during the morning commute. Cellphones are being demonized and are an easy target. Marc Brenman mbrenman001(a)comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheryl Gross-Glaser" &lt;grossglaser(a)ctaa.org&gt; To: "TRB Health and Transportation" &lt;h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net&gt; Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:45:48 AM Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] Cell phone ban story 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: 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 -- Phyllis Orrick Communications Director Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) Institute for Urban and Regional Development (IURD) 2614 Dwight Way UC Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720-7374 510-643-1779 @ transsafe @ californiaUTC @ IURDBerkeley _______________________________________________ H+T--Friends mailing list H+T--Friends(a)chrispy.net http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends -- Sheryl Gross-Glaser Director, Partnership for Mobility Management Coordination Specialist, National Resource Center for Human Service Transportation Coordination Community Transportation Association of America grossglaser(a)ctaa.org 202.386.1669 *** *** *** The Express Stop: http://express-stop.blogspot.com/ NRC Technical Assistance News: http://nrctanews.blogspot.com/ www.NRCtransportation.org partnershipformobilitymanagement.org www.ctaa.org CTAA EXPO 2012: Baltimore's Inner Harbor _______________________________________________ H+T--Friends mailing list H+T--Friends(a)chrispy.net http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends