Call to ban phones when driving

The findings were so conclusive that the National Transportation Safety Board has gone ahead with its recommendation to all states that the use of mobile phones - whether hands-free or not - should be outlawed for all drivers, states IOL.

Reaction from the public has been widespread, with many welcoming the recommended ban and others condemning it.

For more:

• IOL: Handsfree phones just as risky - study
  
• National Transportation Safety Board: Highway Accident Report: Gray Summit, MO: Collision Involving Two School Buses, a Bobtail and a Passenger Vehicle, August 5, 2010