"When a driver 'talks and drives,' he not only puts himself at risk, but also puts everyone around him in a dangerous situation" (ComparisonMarket.com ). A study conducted last year by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute placed cameras inside about a hundred cars and trucks to monitor drivers' activities before a dangerous event occurred. Research shows that cell phone users while driving have caused many more accidents and near misses than non-users. These statistics do not change even if the portable device becomes speakerphone via a bluetooth or speaker. Hands-free cell phones can allow the driver to keep both hands on the steering wheel, however devices such as headsets or voice-activated calling have led to longer dialing times causing the same level of driver distraction. Although a study published by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety claims that cell phone bans in many states appear to have had no impact on crash rates, motorists should still not use a hand-held phone while riding in a car because accidents traffic associated with Hand-held phone use accounts for nearly three hundred deaths per year, showing that cell phone users are four times more likely to be in a motor vehicle accident serious enough to cause injury. Psychologists at the University of Utah published a study highlighting drivers who talk into their PDA or hands. free cell phones are considered impaired at the same level as drunk drivers. In this study each of the test subjects drove four times in a driving simulator; once each without distraction, using a handheld device, using a hands-free device, and intoxicated 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 harmful as drink driving, study says." The infrastructurer. The Infrastructurist, 05 October 2010. Web. 22 November 2010. http://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/10/05/driving-thinking-texting-as-bad-as-drunk-driving-says-study/ Langer, Gary. "Hands off! Public supports ban on 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. "Do you want to stop texting and driving? Why not clog up 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 Auto. AOL Inc, January 29, 2010. Web. November 20, 2010. http://autos.aol.com/article/cell-phone-ban-study/.