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Cell phone accidents.(Economics and Regulations)(Brief Article)
Robert Hahn and James Prieger, "The Impact of Driver Cell Phone Use on Accidents;' AEI Working Paper No. 106, July 2004 (aei.org)
The supposed role of cell phones in distracting automobile drivers and thereby contributing directly to accidents has led an increasing number of jurisdictions to ban their use while driving. However, use of cell phones in cars has been shown by many studies to provide considerable benefits--for example, to women who believe themselves to be in danger.
In this study, Robert Hahn and James Prieger use a large data set to assess whether two possibilities are being ignored. First, whether the sort of person who uses a car phone and gets into accidents is more likely to be involved in accidents anyway, and second, whether the same amount of cell phone usage raises some users' risk of accident more than others. If so, it might be the user rather than the cell phone that should be targeted.
On the first hypothesis, the ...
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