Commentary: Driver Electronic Device Use—Put Down That Cell Telephone!

Bharath Chakravarthy,Shahram Lotfipour

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.03.004

Bharath Chakravarthy, Shahram Lotfipour

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Commentary: Driver Electronic Device Use—Put Down That Cell Telephone!

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Washington), the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands. All of these laws except Maryland’s are primary enforcement— an officer may cite a driver for using a handheld cell telephone without any other traffic offense taking place
Commentary: driver electronic device use-put down that cell telephone! Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:495-496.]
The temptation wells up inside of you to take a glance at your mobile device to see if that message is important

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Washington), the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands. All of these laws except Maryland’s are primary enforcement— an officer may cite a driver for using a handheld cell telephone without any other traffic offense taking place. Copies of the 8-page report Driver Electronic Device Use in 2010 can be obtained from the National Center for Statistics and Analysis, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20590 or downloaded from the NHTSA Web site at http://www.distraction.gov/download/research-pdf/8052_ TSF_RN_DriverElectronicDeviceUse_1206111_v4_tag.pdf.

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