Cellular Phone and Distracted Driving (see the In the NEws box on p. 649 in your text.)
For more information on the use of cellular phones while driving, visit the
following Web sites: http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/carphone.htm
National Safety Council: Fact Sheet on Car Phones http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/wireless
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report: An Investigation of the
Safety Implications of Wireless Communications in Vehicles http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/phon-ndx.htm
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Governor's Traffic Safety Committee:
Car Cell Phones on the Road http://www.wow-com.com/consumer/index.cfm
The World of Wireless Communication: Consumer Resources For recent studies on the links between cellular phone use and safety, try
searching http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez
PubMed; for information on recently enacted laws, try a general Web search.
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