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 After assessing more than 50 scientific studies and crunching compelling numbers involving deaths and injuries, the National Safety Council, chartered by Congress, is urging a total ban on cell phone use while driving. This ban would apply to hand-held or hands-free cell phones, as well as texting. Yet cell phone accidents persist, so you may need Jim "the Hammer" Adler's team of personal injury lawyers. Find a lawyer with Adler today.
The council becomes the first major national safety group to press for such legislation.Officials with the council plan to press Congress to implement such a ban when weighing a highway construction bill later this year, possibly by offering incentives to states for passing laws banning cell use while driving. The council also wants businesses to ban employees from making cell calls while driving on company business. Janet Froetscher, Council president and chief executive, agrees with many researchers that persons talking on cell phones are equivalent to drunk drivers, with a risk of crashing four times higher than that for an attentive driver. "When our friends have been drinking, we take the car keys away," Froetscher said. "It's time to take the cell phone away." Cell phone driving kills thousandsAn estimated 80 per cent of the nation's cell phone users talk on their cell phone while driving. An estimated 2,600 persons die and 12,000 are seriously injured annually due to cell phone car accidents caused by such cell phone distractions.So far, 17 states and the District of Columbia ban or restrict cell phone use by novice drivers, while six states -- California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington and Utah -- and D.C. ban all drivers of any age from using hand-held cell phones while driving. Many safety experts agree that such a nationwide ban might take years to get on the books and believe that even then it may be difficult to enforce. But the growing number of injuries and deaths attributable to cell phone distractions while driving makes it a fight worth fighting. A public education component also could be part of the process. A Dallas, San Antonio or Houston car accident lawyer can assist If you or a loved one has been injured in a car crash or other traffic collision involving a driver with a cell phone distraction, a Dallas, San Antonio, or Houston car accident lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates can help. An Adler car accident attorney based in Dallas, San Antonio or Houston can handle and litigate any case in Texas, and will hold accountable those whose cell phone distraction led to your car accident. DISCLAIMER: Licensed in Texas, the law firm of Jim S. Adler & Associates also works in conjunction with local and outside attorneys in other states to litigate claims, as needed. Those states include: Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming |