On 17 Jun 2005 22:30:54 GMT, Ian Stirling
wrote:

Too_Many_Tools wrote:
You may find this interesting.

In my opinion, a federal ban could not come too soon.

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd...ase1Report.pdf

Which is kind of pointless, as it doesn't give any breakdown of crashes by
type of distraction.
I'd like to see actual numbers for hands-free, voice dial, ......
Though 100 cars are not really a great statistical base.
In New Zealand, accroding to the LTSA (Govt road safety dept..), of
all in-vehicle distractions in crashes, cell phone use made up only
10%, slightly more than the radio/cd. Passengers made up around 28%
and reaching for or adjusting an object around 25%. This is not 10% of
all crashes - only 10% of those caused by distractions. The data from
CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING, Summary of Research and Analysis, NZ
Land Transport Safety Authority, September 2003 is summerised at
http://www.fastandsafe.org/site.aspx...ellPhones/data

Some more info at
http://www.fastandsafe.org/site.aspx...llPhones/index
LTSA report at
http://www.fastandsafe.org/site.aspx...Phones/reports

Geoff