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Report #1: Traffic Deaths Down; Report #2: Fewer Use Hand Held Phones

by Ross Weber — last modified Oct 13, 2009 03:28 PM

Separate articles fail to suggest connection between fewer driving deaths and enforcement of distracted driving laws.

Report Finds Fewer Deaths on the Nation’s Roads
The risk of dying in a traffic accident has dropped nearly 18 percent since 2005, including a drop of 7 percent in the first half of this year, according to preliminary statistics released Friday by the Transportation Department.

Tickets May Be Helping D.C. Cell Law Sink In
Without Ban, 43 Percent More Drivers Would Be Using Hand-Held Phones, Study Says

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