The Highway Loss Data Institute decided to bust another contemporary myth: banning cellphones use while driving does not reduce the number of accidents. The study was done by analyzing insurance claims for crash damage in 4 US jurisdictions before and after such bans.
"The laws aren’t reducing crashes, even though we know that such laws have reduced hand-held phone use, and several studies have established that phoning while driving increases crash risk," says Adrian Lund, president… (read more)