NU Online News Service, July 8, 12:13 p.m. EDT
An overview of available distracted-driving research concludes there is no evidence to indicate whether cell phone or texting bans have reduced automobile crashes.
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), which represents the highway safety offices of states, territories, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, says it looked at 350 papers on distracted driving published from 2000 to 2011 and found that existing research is "incomplete or contradictory," says Barbara Harsha, executive director of GHSA.
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