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The U.S. Transportation Security Administration NTSB wants to tighten the ban on the use of mobile devices for drivers. As Deborah Hersman, head of the National Transportation Safety Board said, should also be included in it hands free.
"This is the result of the investigation of accidents over a period of ten years in which distractions played a role," Hersman said Britain's Financial Times. This is comparable with the action against drunk driving and the introduction of seatbelts. The NTSB recommendations are not binding.
In August 2010 caused a pickup driver in Gray Summit, Missouri, USA, a serious accident in which two people were killed and 38 were wounded, including many children from two school buses. The accident driver had written eleven minutes before the collision, eleven or receive SMS.
According to the Governors Highway Safety Association is already in nine U.S. states banned the use of mobile phones and driving, 35 states have banned text messages. A total ban on the voice and the "texts" are now owners only for new license and school bus drivers.
Hersman: "There are a lot of people who feel restricted them in their own right, but we believe that safety is the most important thing. Their actions affect not only themselves, but can affect other people," said Hersman.
The Traffic Club ADAC warned years before the distraction of drivers by overloaded navigation devices. On journeys over land or on highways could the manifold information that provide the devices, quickly distracted. This could be huge, often underestimated hazards in the road.
