U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving

cellphone drivingNow why the heck would they do that?  From the New York Times, this really chafes me raw:

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, decided not to make public hundreds of pages of research and warnings about the use of phones by drivers — in part, officials say, because of concerns about angering Congress.

Other info:

Research shows that motorists talking on a phone are four times as likely to crash as other drivers, and are as likely to cause an accident as someone with a .08 blood alcohol content.

I have always said cellphone drivers were as dangerous as drunks.  Who knew I’d ever be right about anything?

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