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I think this article, which was copied from Rush Limbaugh's website (www.rushlimbaugh.com), along with the supporting factual statistics will put to rest a lot of misinformation being propagated by liberal democrats. Read and make your own decision.
"Traffic Stats You Should Know"
"We had a passionate and animated discussion on Tuesday's show about cell phone use in cars. The New York ban on hand held phones while driving really stirred people up on both sides of the debate. Our discussion was so intense that I was swarmed with hundreds of e-mails during the program. And in the piles, ah-ha, there was proof from our crack research staff, mounds of proof that cell phone usage isn't nearly as dangerous as the government is claiming.
For instance, North Carolina's Highway Safety Research Center revealed that only 1.5% of traffic accidents were caused by drivers distracted by cell phones. Car radios are eight times as deadly as your cell phone. Uh oh, I wonder how long it'll be before listening to this program while driving will be a threat and then banned too?
According to a federal analysis of 1997 crash data by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, cell phones were a factor in only 57 deaths in 1997, even though there were 100 million cell phone users around the country. Drunk driving, by contrast, killed approximately 16,000 people a year, according to MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 1997. I know that's 1997, but just hang in there.
Research provided by such divergent sources as the Libertarian Party, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post, suggests that the days of the drive-thru could also be numbered. Chomping a burger, munching fries, chugging a soda, or even sipping that Starbucks double cappuccino leads to more traffic accidents than the ubiquitous wireless phones, according to some of these studies. Oh and those CD's, forget about it.
And something else to think about, ladies and gentlemen. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the number of vehicular accidents in 1999 per 100 million miles traveled was down 2% from 1998's level. The number of pedestrians killed was down 10% from the 1998 level. Total number of fatalities were down 73% from the 1966 level. In other words, it's getting better out there, not worse. It's not getting more dangerous or risky, it's getting better! Now, if cell phone use in automobiles is way up and accidents and fatalities are way down, could we perhaps conclude that cell phone usage is beneficial to automobile safety?
If the government still has you scared silly on the dangers of cell phones in cars, check out the links below. I've got all kinds of graphs, charts, studies and stats
"Traffic Stats You Should Know"
"We had a passionate and animated discussion on Tuesday's show about cell phone use in cars. The New York ban on hand held phones while driving really stirred people up on both sides of the debate. Our discussion was so intense that I was swarmed with hundreds of e-mails during the program. And in the piles, ah-ha, there was proof from our crack research staff, mounds of proof that cell phone usage isn't nearly as dangerous as the government is claiming.
For instance, North Carolina's Highway Safety Research Center revealed that only 1.5% of traffic accidents were caused by drivers distracted by cell phones. Car radios are eight times as deadly as your cell phone. Uh oh, I wonder how long it'll be before listening to this program while driving will be a threat and then banned too?
According to a federal analysis of 1997 crash data by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, cell phones were a factor in only 57 deaths in 1997, even though there were 100 million cell phone users around the country. Drunk driving, by contrast, killed approximately 16,000 people a year, according to MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 1997. I know that's 1997, but just hang in there.
Research provided by such divergent sources as the Libertarian Party, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post, suggests that the days of the drive-thru could also be numbered. Chomping a burger, munching fries, chugging a soda, or even sipping that Starbucks double cappuccino leads to more traffic accidents than the ubiquitous wireless phones, according to some of these studies. Oh and those CD's, forget about it.
And something else to think about, ladies and gentlemen. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the number of vehicular accidents in 1999 per 100 million miles traveled was down 2% from 1998's level. The number of pedestrians killed was down 10% from the 1998 level. Total number of fatalities were down 73% from the 1966 level. In other words, it's getting better out there, not worse. It's not getting more dangerous or risky, it's getting better! Now, if cell phone use in automobiles is way up and accidents and fatalities are way down, could we perhaps conclude that cell phone usage is beneficial to automobile safety?
If the government still has you scared silly on the dangers of cell phones in cars, check out the links below. I've got all kinds of graphs, charts, studies and stats
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