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thinking they are using their car phones responsibly because the

definition of “negligent driving” is vague.

As of December 2000, twenty countries were restricting

Daly explains why

US laws need to

use of cell phones in moving vehicles (Sundeen 8). In the United

be passed on the

state level.

States, it is highly unlikely that legislation could be passed on

the national level, since traffic safety is considered a state and

local issue. To date, only a few counties and towns have passed

traffic laws restricting cell phone use. For example, in Suffolk

County, New York, it is illegal for drivers to use a handheld phone

for anything but an emergency call while on the road (Haughney

A8). The first town to restrict use of handheld phones was Brook-

lyn, Ohio (Layton C9). Brooklyn, the first community in the

country to pass a seat belt law, has once again shown its concern

for traffic safety.

Laws passed by counties and towns have had some effect,

Transition helps

readers move from

but it makes more sense to legislate at the state level. Local laws

one paragraph to

the next.

are not likely to have the impact of state laws, and keeping track

of a wide variety of local ordinances is confusing for drivers. Even

a spokesperson for Verizon Wireless has said that statewide bans

are preferable to a “crazy patchwork quilt of ordinances” (qtd. in

Daly cites an indi-

rect source: words

Haughney A8). Unfortunately, although a number of bills have

quoted in another

source.

been introduced in state legislatures, as of early 2001 no state law

seriously restricting use of the phones had passed--largely because

of effective lobbying from the wireless industry.

Despite the claims of some lobbyists, tough laws regulating

Daly counters a

claim made by

phone use can make our roads safer. In Japan, for example, acci-

some opponents.

dents linked to cell phones fell by 75% just a month after the

country prohibited using a handheld phone while driving (Haugh-

Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2006).

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