“When a driver “talks and drives,” he is not only putting himself in danger, he is also putting everyone around him in a dangerous situation” ( ComparisonMarket.com). A study last year by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute placed cameras inside about 100 cars and trucks to track drivers' activities before a dangerous event occurred. Research shows that cell phone users while driving cause significantly more accidents and near misses than non-users. These statistics do not change even if the handheld device becomes hands-free using a Bluetooth phone or speaker. Hands-free cell phones can allow the driver to keep both hands on the wheel, but devices such as headsets or voice-activated dialers have resulted in longer dialing times, causing the same level of driver distraction. Even though a study published by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says cell phone bans in many states appear to have had no impact on crash rates, drivers should still not use a cell phone when They drive because car accidents associated with cell phone use are responsible for almost three hundred deaths per year, showing that cell phone users are four times more likely to be involved in a car accident serious enough to cause injury. Psychologists from the University of Utah have published a study that highlights drivers who talk using a cell phone or by hand. free cell phones are considered impaired in the same way as drunk drivers. In this study, each of the test subjects drove four times in a driving simulator; once without any distraction, using a handheld device, using a hands-free device and drunk with vodka and orange juice up to the legal limit of 0 .08. The simulation required participants to follow a ...... middle of paper ......icleid=43812.Jaffe, Eric. “Driving while texting: as bad as drunk driving, study finds.” The Infrastructurist. L’Infrastructuriste, October 5, 2010. Web. November 22, 2010. http://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/10/05/driving-while-texting-as-bad-as-drunk-driving-says-study/Langer, Gary. "Hands off! Public supports banning handheld cell phones in cars." abcnews. ABCNEWS Internet Ventures, May 22, 2010. Web. November 20, 2010. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/dailynews/poll_cellphone010522.htmlLeBeau, Phil. "Want to stop texting and driving? Why not jam cell phones?" CNBC. CNBC, Inc, September 30, 2009. Web. November 22, 2010. http://www.cnbc.com/id/33090526/Want_to_Stop_Texting_and_Driving_Why_Not_Jam_Cell_Phones.Sedgwick, David. “Study shows banning cell phones in cars doesn’t work.” AOL Automobiles. AOL Inc, January 29, 2010. Web. November 20, 2010. http://autos.aol.com/article/cell-phone-ban-study/.