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Why We Shouldn T Cell Phones Be Banned

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As more and more states ban cell phone usage while driving, more and more people have actually looked into this topic to see how big of a distraction cell phones are in the car. According to extensive research, barely any accidents involving distractions include cellphones, and even after 20 years of researching this topic, there still isn’t any conclusive data on the impact cellphones have on driving. Cell Phones shouldn’t be banned to use while driving.

One reason why cell phones shouldn’t be banned by law is because there isn’t any data about the impact of them. For example, according to the Chicago Tribune, “2 decades of research done in the U.S. and abroad have not yielded conclusive data about the impact cellphones have on driving safety.” This shows that after 20 years of researching this topic, there still isn’t any proof of how big of an issue cell phones really are. Also according to the Chicago Tribune, "The expectation would be that as cellphone use has skyrocketed we would see a correlation in the number of accidents, but that hasn't happened,"This shows that even as more people use their cellphones, particularly while in the car, it isn’t becoming a bigger distraction, which only further proves how little of a distraction from the road cell phones really are. …show more content…

According to a study by the University of North Carolina, only about 1.5% of accidents with any distractions was caused by texting and driving. This explains how little of a risk texting and driving really is, compared to distractions such as speeding and drunk driving. According to a newer study by Harvard, about 6% of accidents that involved any type of distraction involved cell phones. Although this is a bigger percentage than that of the older study, this is a very small percentage compared to speeding, which causes 33% of all distracted driving

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