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| Yes | 70% | 2848 votes | Total: 4092 votes | |
| No | 30% | 1244 votes |
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by Sara Bradley
My life has been abruptly turned around because the lady in the car behind me was too busy talking on her cell phone to see me. So, I would have to say yes, cell phone use shou...read more
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by Alex Yee
Living in a country (UK) that has banned cell phones (we call them mobile phones) and as a newish driver, I can say that mobile phones should be banned while driving, to an exte...read more
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This article is dedicated to my little cousin, Carly, who tragically lost her life from someone using their cell phone while driving. May she rest in peace. Using a cell phone ...read more
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by Joshua Jones
Cell phone use is an unalterable part of modern life. It is such a fixture that I am probably right in saying that most reading this have a cell phone (or even two for some). Bu...read more
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According to the Insurance Information Institute, more than 236 million people subscribe to cell phone service as of May, 2007. This number is up from 4.3 million in 1990. Natur...read more
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by Karon Brandt
According to the votes, 72% of participants recognize the dangers of cell phone use while driving and say it should be banned. What about the other 28%? How do we reach them? H...read more
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by Colin Dennis
They meander into other driving lanes; neglect to indicate before turning; make very sudden stops; slow to a crawl or make sudden spurts on highways; or otherwise inconvenience ...read more
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The fact that there is no law that bans the use of mobile phone while driving demonstrates the stupidity of the Government. Numerous deaths have occurred because of this matter....read more
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Should cell phone use be banned while driving? Yes, cell phone use while driving a motor vehicle should definitely be banned. It just makes sense. How many times have you used ...read more
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by True Blue
Cell phones are a 20th century phenomenon and an invaluable communication tool in today's society. My personal love affair with a mobile / cell phone began in 2000 and is still ...read more
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by Jake Betz
Yes, and so should fumbling with the radio dials or CD player, lighting a cigarette or applying makeup. These are all practices that take the driver's mind away from safe o...read more
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by Bart Ringer
As a police officer one of my duties is traffic control. Yeah, I'm the guy out there with the white gloves and the whistle and the orange vest, moving the iron through the inte...read more
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by Jan Walker
I had been driving for some time, on my way to a longed for girl's night out with friends who live a distance apart, so any time we spent together was special. We had arranged...read more
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Cell phone users are a proven danger on our highways. A recent study found that 80% of accidents and 65% of near-accidents involved some form of inattention, and that the most...read more
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by Kevin Holten
Think about this. You might be killed by a distracted driver. The chances of that happening are increasing dramatically. More freeways, more traffic, more cell phones, more d...read more
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by Ashley Smith
Anything that could involve distraction for any period while driving should be banned. Opening and closing windows or tuning radios take little concentration and doesn't take fo...read more
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by Justin R.
Have you ever driven by someone who was talking on their cell phone while they drove? Or have you talked to someone on the phone while they were driving? Although cell phones ar...read more
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by Angela Diggs
Cell phone use should be banned while driving and there should be a stricter law prohibiting it. Driving and talking on the phone can be just as fatal as drinking and driving. I...read more
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by Keith Bailey
Researchers have discovered that cell phones are distractions that cause an increase in the number of car accidents. Statistics show that the risk of a car accident is the same ...read more
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Holding a cell phone while driving, what a novel idea. Why didn't I think of that. Maybe I should encourage my own children to risk their lives by holding a cell phone instead ...read more
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by Scott Wolfe
I love my cell phone and most people do. Cell phones make it easy to contact our friends and loved ones in case of an emergency. Cell phones make our jobs easier by helping us g...read more
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by HatedNation
The fact is there are many dangers to drivers on the road, but technology is making it where a driver does not have to use their hands to use the phone, some vehicles already ha...read more
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Should cell phone use while driving be banned? When I first read this topic of debate, my knee jerk reaction was YES! Then I stopped and thought about it. What makes this such a...read more
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by J.R. Anthony
Banning cell phones is impractical from a law enforcement standpoint, and expensive from a taxpayer standpoint. Think about it. On the surface, I'll admit that it looks like a...read more
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Driving nowadays is more hazardous than ever. As population increases, so does vehicular traffic, and motorists are as aggressive and impatient as they have always been. Talki...read more
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by Sonam Tashi
Five minutes of driving your car towards office, if an accident occurred to your only daughter at home I think it would be better to hear about it immediately and take her to ho...read more
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by S Barrow
Absolutely not! One of the pre-requisites of obtaining a drivers license is being able to successfully keep your attention focused on several things at once, traffic congestion,...read more
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The real question of banning cell phone usage in automobiles has nothing to do with safety or good intentions; rather, at what point do we stop allowing the government to overst...read more
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Believe me, I can understand the sentiment of wanting to ban cell phone use while driving. Many's the time I've been annoyed by other drivers talking on the phone and not payin...read more
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by A.W. Berry
It is prudent to think an issue through before making rushed decision about whether something should or shouldn't be banned. In the case of cell phones while driving there are s...read more
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by Dave Nocera
Because of our sense of self preservation, you will generally not find laws that prevent us from doing something that is obviously stupid, like driving off a cliff. Laws howev...read more
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A study by the Psychology Department of the University of Utah in 2003 concluded that drivers using cell phones were more dangerous than those intoxicated. The Royal Society for...read more
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The use of a mobile phone while driving a car is asking for an accident and your other examples of a cigarette, sandwich or non-alcoholic drink and even talking to a passenger a...read more
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by Nicolette Romero (nom de plume)
With cell phone use consistently on the rise for the past two decades, there has been increasing controversy over whether or not their use while driving should be banned. The f...read more
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by John Gugie
I believe that some but not all cell phone use should be banned while driving. I guess that my answer for this question would be no because I believe that people should be allo...read more
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by B. Rock
There are a range of activities you can engage in while driving - some legal and some not. Driving while under the influence of alcohol or prescription medication is not allowe...read more
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I think human beings should be banned from driving automobiles seeing how they are such dangerous devices always causing loss of life and property. Whatever the statistics say a...read more
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by December
No, cell phone use should not be banned while driving. However, it needs certain regulation. The major argument against cell phone use while driving is that the driver is distr...read more
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Not at all! OK, I know there are those statistics relating the increase in accident rates from cell phone use, and there are those which focus on the division of attention, eve...read more
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by Bill Stone
Our first instinct in this country is to turn to "new laws" to correct the poor behavior of other people. That's okay; laws are designed to protect us from the poor choices of ...read more
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