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Minn. law restricting cell-phone use while driving focuses on teens.(News)

RCR Wireless News,  January, 2006  

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Byline: JEFFREY SILVA Minnesota has become the latest state to enforce legislation restricting cell-phone use by teenage drivers, the 10th state to do so in the face of mounting research on the dangers of talking on the phone while driving. Given their inexperience behind the wheel, teens are particularly susceptible to distractions, including those posed by cell phones.

Indeed, teens are disproportionately represented in traffic crashes and fatalities. Several years ago, the National Transportation Safety Board-following a government investigation that concluded ...

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