Cellphones
State laws
Cell phone laws
Research papers/reports 
National reported patterns of driver cellphone use; Keli A. Braitman and Anne T. McCartt, February 2010
HLDI report: Hand-held cellphone laws and collision claims frequencies, December 2009
Long-term effects of hand-held cellphone laws on driver hand-held cellphone use; Anne T. McCartt, Laurie A. Hellinga, Laura M. Strouse, and Charles M. Farmer, October 2009
Review of "Real-World Personal Conversations Using a Hands-Free Embedded Wireless Device While Driving: Effect On Airbag Deployment Crash Rates" by Richard A. Young and Christopher Schreiner; Elisa R. Braver, Adrian K. Lund, and Anne T. McCartt, March 2009
Highlights from the Institute's research since 1969
News releases
January 29, 2010 Laws banning cellphone use while driving fail to reduce crashes, new insurance data indicate
June 9, 2008 Teen drivers often ignore bans on using cellphones and texting
July 12, 2005 1st
evidence of effects of cell phone use on injury crashes: crash risk
is four times higher when driver is using a hand-held cell phone
Status Report newsletter articles
Vol. 44, No. 9, October 13, 2009: Cover story — differing effects of hand-held cellphone bans in New York and Washington, DC
Vol. 43, No. 9, October 22, 2008: Text messaging bans now cover all drivers in 7 states and the District of Columbia
Vol. 43, No. 7, September 9, 2008: Distracted driving is widespread
among owners of cellphones, insurer's
survey finds
Vol. 43, No. 5, July 1, 2008: Cellphone Q&A explains why using a hand-held or
hands-free phone raises a driver's crash risk
Vol. 43, No. 4, June 9, 2008: Teenage drivers continue to use cellphones despite a North Carolina ban
Vol. 41, No. 10, December 19, 2006:
Four states tell drivers to hang up the phone
Vol. 41, No. 1, January 28, 2006:
Cell phone use while driving increases again in 2005, a concern in
light of numerous studies indicating the risks
Vol. 40, No. 6, July 16, 2005:
Using a phone while driving raises the risk of a crash involving injuries •
Effects of a ban in the District of Columbia on hand-held phone use
while driving
Vol. 39, No. 2, February 7, 2004:
Highway safety update: phone use in Michigan
Vol. 38, No. 8, August 26, 2003:
One year after New York's cell phone law, drivers resume previous calling
habits
Vol. 37, No. 7, August 17, 2002:
New York's ban on hand-held phones convinces many motorists to give
them up • Risk from phone use while driving is hard to quantify, but
available studies indicate greater likelihood of crashing • State legislators
consider ways to curb phone use while driving
Vol. 32, No. 3, March 27, 1997:
Cellular phones quadruple crash risk when in use
Advisory
April 1997 Using
a cellular phone could raise crash risk
Testimony
Statement before the US House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet regarding cellphone laws and distracted driving, Anne T. McCartt, November 4, 2009
Statement before the Oregon Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Cell phones and crash risk, Anne T. McCartt and Stephen L. Oesch, February 14, 2007 |
