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A known risk: phoning while driving.(Up front: news / trends / advice)(Brief Article)
The use of cell phones while driving may increase the number of crashes by about 6 percent, according to a study in the February 2003 issue of the journal Risk Analysis. The report links cell-phone use with some 2,600 traffic fatalities and 330,000 injuries a year.
The authors of the study, by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, analyzed factors such as cell-phone use, driving times, and 1994 crash data. They say that those data are similar to current statistics.
"We assumed that the risks associated with cell-phone use are the same whether one is using a handheld unit or a hands-free unit," said Joshua Cohen, Ph.D., senior research associate at the Harvard center and an author of the study. ...
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