Councilmembers Bill Green and Bill Greenlee will announce legislation to mandate using only hands-free cellular devices while driving in Philadelphia so that drivers are paying full attention to the road and not their phones. According to the councilmember’s, every G7 country except the US has banned non-hangs free mobile usage and some states have already enacted their own laws.

They are doing this to reduce the number of accidents and acknowledge that a distracted driver is a dangerous driver.
According to a study, dialing a cell phone increases the risk of accident by 180 percent.

The bill is looking to ban calls (unless using a hands-free device), text messaging and web surfing while driving. The legislation will be introducing on September 18, 2008.
Green and Greenlee are also concerned for the growing numbers of bikers on the road and pedestrians in the city.

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