Perspective
Aug. 7, 2013
The deadliest weapon
The National Transportation Safety Board issued a recommendation that all 50 states ban any form of cell phone use while driving, even with a hands free device. Yet every state has ignored that recommendation. By Jonathan Michaels
On average, 14 people die in the U.S. every day as a result of distracted driving, with scores more seriously injured and sentenced to a life term of debilitating injuries. Think for a moment about the tens of thousands of people who are living their life confined to a wheelchair, or the legions of people who have had to burry a loved one because of distracted driving, and then try to pretend that it is not an epidemic of national proportion....
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