News tagged with 'Auto Accidents Caused By Cell Phones and PDAs'

According to a poll given Tuesday, August 7, 91 % of Americans agree that text messaging while driving is just as dangerous as driving after having a few alcoholic beverages, but 57% admit that they do it. The H

The rapid rise in popularity of wireless phones has contributed to an increased number of automobile accidents reveals a new study conducted by researchers from Harvard University. According to the inquiry, which was released Monday by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, the number of cell phone subscribers has incr

A report ordered last year by the California Legislature on the safety of cellular phones was returned to the California Highway Patrol (CHP) last week after CHP Commissioner Dwight O. Helmick announced that the number of wireless phone-related highway accidents in 2001 was too low. The report, originally ordered by t

US District Judge Catherine Blake ruled Monday that evidence presented in an $800 million cell phone lawsuit against Motorola was not extensive enough to warrant a trial. In the case, plaintiff attorneys argued that cell phone usage led to the development of a brain tumor in Christopher Newman, a former doctor. The t

Experts who insist wireless phones do not cause brain cancer received supportive news earlier this week when the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority released a report that found no "consistent evidence" between cellular phone use and an increased risk of cancer. As part of a Protection Authority sponsored review co

A recent study conducted on the safety of wireless phones may be used as evidence in an on-going lawsuit against Motorola that alleges the company's wireless products caused a former physician's brain cancer. Last month, an article published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention indicated that users of a type o

The debate over the safety of mobile phones continued this week when Australian scientists revealed the results of a new study that suggests the devices do not cause brain tumors. The Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science examined 1,600 mice, determining that wireless phones have "no effect on frequency of tumor

A new study published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention indicates that users of first-generation mobile phones known as Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) analogue units face a greater chance of developing a brain tumor than those who have never used the models. As part of the study, researchers examined 1,617 p

Activists seeking to ban cell phone use while driving won another battle last week when a Florida jury awarded over $20 million to an elderly woman who was critically injured in an accident caused by a driver talking on a wireless phone. Alicia Bustos, 79, was in the backseat of her friend's car when it was struck by

Three mobile-phone carriers, CTIA, TIA, and Motorola, are facing a $1.8 million lawsuit filed by a man who claims that his brain tumor was caused by mobile phone use. Michael Murray, the plaintiff and a former Motorola employee, filed the personal injury suit last week. The lawsuit is one of many filings against sever

A British scientist recently presented the results of several studies that found cellular phones increase the processing speed of the brain, causing damage and possibly leading to brain cancer. These studies confirmed scientists' fears that radiation emitted from mobile phones causes damaging chemical reactions within

As cell-phone related auto accidents with deadly consequences increase, employers are restricting their employees' use of cell phones while operating vehicles. Recently, the family of a 15-year-old girl killed when a busy attorney talking on her cell phone ran her over, filed a $30 million lawsuit against the lawyer's

According to recent Federal government estimates, about 3% (500,000) of drivers talk on hand-held cellular phones at any given time. The rates double during non-peak hours, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). NHTSA researchers gathered data on over 12,000 vehicles traveling through

Recently, Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth issued an opinion allowing local governments to impose their own regulations on cell phone use. The opinion was a response to a recent inquiry from a Dade County community seeking permission to pass a ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving. Butterworth s

Later this year, Ford Motor Company will install a hands-free wireless phone cradle in many of its new vehicles. Cellport Systems Inc. produces the cradles Ford plans to offer. The device allows drivers to operate their cellular phones with voice commands. The adapters plug into a center console base and are availabl