More good news for traffic safety

Great news, apparently Americans are talking on their cell phones even more while driving! Yes! That is awesome news. Yeah, I talk on mine occasionally while I am driving, but generally only when I am driving in areas where I stay at a pretty constant speed, like on the interstate, but never when merging on or off on in an area with tons of stop and go traffic. I also will put the phone down for a second if I do need to merge on or off the interstate or do some tricky passing or changing lanes. Probably half the time that I get stuck behind some dumb ass in the fast lane only doing 70 in a 65 (just a reminder that the left most lane is for passing, its generally not for thru traffic), he or she is talking on their cell phone oblivious to the rest of the world.

A study conducted by the NHTSA showed that about 10% of the people on the road were using their cell phones, up from 8% a year ago.

Not saying you can't use it while driving, but only if you are a good enough driver and can do so without putting yourself, your passengers or other drivers in danger. Most people I see on the road have a hard enough time driving without any added distractions.

Clink the link below to read about the story on yahoo:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051216/ap_on_go_ot/cell_phone_drivers;_ylt=Ag6_RXEdnqBNDhY7_t_z90NvzwcF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

or here to read the actual report from the National Highway Traffic Safetly Administration (NHTSA):
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2005/809967.pdf