California Cellphone Ban Hasn't Decreased Accidents

California is the home of bans in the United States, everything from Happy Meals to golf courses and goldfish have come under fire. Sometimes the bans pass, and it is always cheered as 'leadership' when that happens. Social authoritarians in other states then mimic it. But ban success can't always be quantified. In one instance, they can - with the cellphone ban. They were blamed for a lot of car accidents, so accidents must have dropped. Except they didn't. A recent analysis found no evidence that the California ban on cellphones while driving has decreased traffic accidents. read more

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