Sentences with phrase «held phone bans»

As state legislators across the United States enact laws that ban the use of cellphones while driving, a new HLDI study finds no reductions in crashes after hand - held phone bans take effect.

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Joel Feldman with the Casey Feldman Foundation notes that New York State already bans both hand held calls and texting while driving, but he says three quarters of all distracted driving injuries and deaths are unrelated to cell phones.

These programs are spread throughout the country, and address all behavioral highway safety areas: one recent demonstration project in New York and Connecticut sought to determine whether hand - held cell phone bans are enforceable, and what legal, administrative or other characteristics make enforcement easier or more difficult.

Once the publicity surrounding New York's ban on hand - held phone use behind the wheel dropped off, drivers went back to their old habits.

Parents and teens alike believe the ban on hand - held and hands - free phone use isn't being enforced.

Preliminary data from insurance claims suggest no apparent reduction in crash risk after states enacted bans on hand - held phone use.

The rumored ban on electronics larger than a cell phone when traveling back from Europe is allegedly on hold.

On October 24, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the International Trade Commission (ITC), a quasi-judicial agency that can impose import bans on patent - infringing products, made an initial determination (preliminary ruling) according to which Samsung was held to infringe four Apple patents (one phone design patent and three utility patents).

If this is where the UK is headed, and let's face it, only the technology is holding us back at the moment, it would not matter if a user was banned from the internet by an ISP since he could surf on his mobile phone anytime anywhere.

Currently, novice drivers in Maine are the only ones who are covered under a ban of cell phone use for both hand - held and hands - free devices.

Despite a statewide ban on the use of hand - held devices while driving, countless people are injured every day on California roads by people who are making phone calls, sending or reading text messages, or allowing their attention to be diverted by some other distraction.

The law is similar to a federal regulation that previously banned the use of hand - held cellular phones by interstate commercial vehicle drivers.

Although California motorists were prohibited from talking on hand - held cell phones while driving in 2008, and a ban on texting came in 2009, subsequent studies have shown that even hands - free technology can be a significant distraction.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), drivers in the state of Indiana are not banned from using hand - held cell phones behind the wheel, but they are banned from text messaging.

Judge Shaun Nakatsuru who heard the case, noted that «holding» and «using» a cell phone are banned for good reason.

Eight states have banned all use of (hand held) cell phones while driving.

Beginning January 3, 2012, all commercial drivers - including truck and bus drivers - are banned from using hand - held and push - to - talk cell phones while behind the wheel, affecting an estimated 4 million commercial drivers.

Another 30 states ban cell - phone use by novice drivers, and 10 ban all use of hand - held cell phones while driving.