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
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From: "Sheryl Gross-Glaser" <grossglaser(a)ctaa.org>
To: "TRB Health and Transportation" <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net>
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
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