A jurisdiction-wide ban on driving while talking on a hand-held cellphone is in place in 9 states (California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon ...

Q&As: Cellphones, texting, and driving. August 2010. 1 How many people use cellphones? Cellphone use in the United States has grown quickly during the past decade.

Laws restricting cellphone use and texting; State Hand-held ban Young drivers all cellphone ban Bus drivers all cellphone ban Texting ban Enforcement

In addition, novice drivers are banned from texting in 8 states (Alabama, Indiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia) and school bus drivers are ...

About 2 percent were observed dialing or texting. Cellphone use remained steady at about 13 percent at comparison sites in South Carolina, where teen driver cellphone use isn't ...

June 9, 2008 TEEN DRIVERS OFTEN IGNORE BANS ON USING CELLPHONES AND TEXTING Arlington, VA — Teenage drivers' cellphone use edged higher in North Carolina after the state enacted a ...

In addition, novice drivers are banned from texting in 8 states (Alabama, Indiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia) and school bus drivers are ...

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Texting ban: all drivers: Enforcement: secondary; primary for texting: Maximum posted speed limits for passenger vehicles; Rural interstates (mph) 65

"This finding doesn't auger well for any safety payoff from all the new laws that ban phone use and texting while driving." View/download: includes color charts