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Cell phones increase accidents by four-fold
Filed in archive Studies by kevin on July 11, 2005
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This is another reason why cell phones should be banned when driving. It doesn't matter whether it's hands-free or not:
The researchers found that drivers who had used a mobile phone - either holding it to their ear or using a hands-free system - were 4.1 times more likely to have an accident in the 10 following minutes than if they had not made a call.


("Phoning while driving quadruples crash risk: study", AFP, Yahoo! News, Jul.11)

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