Although Mythbusters showed that driving while talking on a cellphone is as dangerous as driving drunk a little while ago, a recent study shows that
Crash Risk is Higher while using Cellphones
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The article goes on to reveal that the research was done in Australia, and although they did try to get the study done in the United States, North American cellphone companies would not make the billing records available, even with the permission of the cellphone owner.
Since this study is published by the Insurance Institute, Insurance companies will find some way of raising rates based on this new data (just as crash ratings and airbags have factored into the price of insurance).
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