Phoning, drinking and driving...

According to a 2003 study that has been conveniently “buried” not to offend the telecommunication industry and all the politicians it bribes, cell phone use while driving can be as dangerous as being drunk behind the wheel. "We're looking at a problem that could be as bad as drunk driving, and the government has covered it up," said Clarence Ditlow, director of the Center for The highway safety researchers estimated that cellphone use by drivers caused around 955 fatalities and 240,000 accidents over all in 2002.

Contrary to popular belief that same source said that hands-free headsets did not eliminate serious accident risk as a cellphone conversation - not just holding the phone - takes drivers’ focus off the road. Some University of Utah findings underscore the dangers of multitasking behind the wheel and showed that motorists talking on a phone were 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. The survey concluded by recommending that drivers not use wireless communication devices, including text messaging systems, when driving, except in an emergency. Sounds pretty logical to me; what do you think?