Ten things my reader won’t know about talking on a cell phone and driving.

1. Fact or detail:In the United States over 260 million people subscribed to such wireless communication devices as cell phones as of June 2008, compared with approximately 4.3 million in 1990.
Source information:http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/cellphones/
2. Fact or detail:A survey of dangerous driver behavior was released in January 2007 by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. The survey of 1,200 drivers found that 73 percent talk on cell phones while driving. Cell phone use was highest among young drivers.
Source information:http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/cellphones/
3. Fact or detail: About 10 percent of the people on the road during the day are using cell phones.
Source information:http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/12/16/cell.phone.drivers.ap/index.html
4. Fact or detail:Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia prohibit talking on hand-held cell phones while driving. Cities such as Chicago and Santa Fe, New Mexico, require hands free devices in automobiles.
Source information:http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/12/16/cell.phone.drivers.ap/index.html
5. Fact or detail:Only 1 percent of drivers ages 70 and above were using handheld cell phones.
Sourceinformation:http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/12/16/cell.phone.drivers.ap/index.html
6. Fact or detail:Women were more likely than men to use handheld phones behind the wheel, with 8 percent of women driving and talking into their cell phone, compared with 5 percent of men.
Sourceinformation:http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/12/16/cell.phone.drivers.ap/index.html
7. Fact or detail:Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year, according to the journal's publisher, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Source information:http://www.livescience.com/technology/050201_cell_danger.html
8. Fact or detail:Drivers talking on cell phones were 18 percent slower to react to brake lights, the new study found.
Source information:http://www.livescience.com/technology/050201_cell_danger.html
9. Fact or detail:The scientists also found previously that chatty motorists are less adept than drunken drivers with blood alcohol levels exceeding 0.08.
Source information:http://www.livescience.com/technology/050201_cell_danger.html
10. Fact or detail:Each year, about 42,000 people die in U.S. auto accidents.
Source information:http://www.livescience.com/technology/050201_cell_danger.html