Study Finds North Carolina Drivers Distracted by Cell Phones.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,  March, 2003  

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By Vicki Hyman, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 27--CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Talk on a cell phone while driving, and you may soon be talking to a bumper.

A new study that examined car crashes involving cell phones showed that drivers who talk on the phone are more prone to rear-end collisions than any other type of crash. Of all crashes involving cell phone users, 45 percent were rear-enders, according to researchers at the UNC Highway Safety Research Center, which released the report Wednesday.

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