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1994 Personal Injury Accident Leads NTSB To Urge Cell Phone Ban For Bus Drivers

Posted by TotalInjury.com Staff Writer | Posted in Personal Injury News

The National Transportation Safety Board is urging federal and state governments to ban cell phone use by bus drivers in order to prevent similar personal in injury accidents like the 1994 non-fatal bus accident involving a Massachusetts Catholic school bus driver who, while using a hands free cell phone, caused a personal injury accident involving 11 teenagers on a class trip.  The NTSB also recommends that bus associations develop formal policies related to cell phone usage for its drivers.

In a recent report, the NTSB indicates there are not accurate statistics regarding cell phone use and personal injury accidents.  There are still 20 states that do not have driver distraction codes on accident report forms.   Those states would need to utilize some sort of driver distraction codes when reporting the cause of an accident in order to determine exactly how many personal injury accidents involve cell phone usage.

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