CELL PHONE BAN INFORMATION (Part 1)

CELL PHONE BAN INFORMATION (Part 1) Fatal Crashes vs. Cell Phone Subscibers from 1994 to 2008 Prepared by: Craig Friebolin - March, 2010 ...
Year	All Crashes Nationally	Fatal Crashes Nationally	Cell Phone Subscibers
1980	17,900,000	53,200	no data
1985	no data	no data	203,600
1990	11,500,000	46,800	4,368,686
1994	no data	36,254	19,283,306
1995	10,700,000	37,241	28,154,414
1996	no data	37,494	38,195,466
1997	no data	37,324	48,705,553
1998	no data	37,107	60,831,431
1999	no data	37,140	76,284,753
2000	13,400,000	37,526	97,035,925
2001	no data	37,862	118,397,734
2002	no data	38,491	134,561,370
2003	11,800,000	38,477	148,065,824
2004	10,900,000	38,444	169,467,393
2005	10,700,000	39,252	194,479,364
2006	10,400,000	38,648	219,652,457
2007	10,600,000	37,435	243,482,202
2008	no data	34,017	262,720,165
2009	no data	no data	no data
2010	no data	no data	no data
%(+/-)	0.9% Decrease*	6.2% Decrease	1,262.4% Increase
* 0.9 Decrease from 1995 to 2007 Subscribers Average Call Length: (approx) 2.3 minutes
Conclusion: Assuming that cell phones are indeed a distraction; they are no more distracting than other common tasks that an overwhelming majority of drivers are already equipped to handle. (i.e. - looking in a rear view mirror, or rolling down a window). Because cell phones do not increase the amount of motor vehicle accidents it is clear that only the likelihood of a driver being on a cell phone at the time of an accident has actually increased.
Perspective: Total US Licenced Drivers in 1995 was: 176,628,482Perspective: USA Smoking Death rate extrapolations (2010): 440,000 per year
All Crash Data: U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s1067.pdf
Fatal Crash Data: Fatality Analysis Reporting System http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Cell Data: CTIA - International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry http://files.ctia.org/pdf/CTIA_Survey_Midyear_2009_Graphics.pdf