NTSB voted unanimously for nationwide ban on nonemergency use of portable electronic devices

Follow up to postings on driving distractions and texting, this news release and related documentation: “The NTSB voted unanimously for a nationwide ban on the nonemergency use of portable electronic devices (other than those designed to support the driving task) for all drivers.”

  • NYT: Reframing the Debate Over Using Phones Behind the Wheel: “..in an emotional call for states to ban all phone use by drivers, the head of a federal agency introduced a new comparison: distracted driving is like smoking. The shift in language, in comments by Deborah Hersman, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, opened a new front in a continuing national conversation about a deadly habit that safety advocates are trying desperately, and with a growing sense of futility, to stop.”
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