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ok so i am writing a paper and arguing that cell phones can be used while driving as long as a hands free device is used. I already mentioned that it is the same as talking to a passenger in the car or listening to the radio. What else can i argue, and please no negative answers

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Hopefully this is what you were looking for ... additional information is available from the other two sites cited below ...brbrThe University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research office analyzed five years of highway accident data and found that the most frequently reported sources of distraction for drivers involved in towaway accidents were outside persons, objects or events ., followed by adjusting the radio, CD or cassette ., and then by other occupants in the vehicle .. Using a cell phone ranked far down their list with a frequency of .. brbrOther highway surveys have come up with similar rankings. In , Delaware police reviewed about , accidents in their state and found only four in which they were distracted by a cell phone. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has also ranked cell phones low on their list of distractions that cause accidents. However, a California Highway Patrol ranking placed cell phone use second only to adjusting a car stereo in contributing to highway accidents in Southern California. brbrBut critics of the studies using highway accident data point out that distraction rankings are highly unreliable. They argue that to derive data from police reports or even more indepth investigations can be notoriously inaccurate and incomplete.brbrbrThere is also the problem that people will report some distractions but not others. And, of course, any given distraction can vary widelytuning a radio can take one second, or it can take ten seconds. The same is true when using a cell phone. The ability of someone to deal with a distraction varies from individual to individual and from circumstance to circumstance.brbrCell Phone LegislationbrbrIn November , New York state enacted a new law that required motorists who use cell phones behind the wheel to use a handsfree adapter. The law made it illegal to drive while using a cell phone held next to the drivers ear, but speaker phones, voiceactivated dialing and headsets were still OK. Since New York passed its ban on the use of handheld cell phones, dozens of cities and counties in the U.S. have enacted similar laws. Approximately states have considered or are considering cell phone legislation. brbrThe nations leading mobile telephone carrier, Verizon, has come out in favor of legislation by states to ban the use of handheld phones while driving, while advocating the use of handsfree devices by drivers. But other wireless companies have been reluctant to follow suit. brbrThe president of the Delaware chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, noting that the police study in his state had ranked cell phone use low among distractions contributing to highway accidents, told The News Journal Wilmington, DE in , quotOur members are for safety. . . I would say that probably most of us think that handsfree is a good idea, but we dont think it should be mandated.quot