cell phones

Can a Louisiana police officer check your phone during a traffic stop or at the scene of a crash if they suspect you were on your phone?

It's pretty fair to say that the majority of Americans have cell phones. And with cell phones come cell phone service providers. We pay a hefty fee to have decent cell connection and the newest technological capabilities, but do we own our phone calls? Rush doesn't think so.

Cisco’s annual Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast makes some interesting (some may say frightening) predictions, including the fact that the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the world’s population sometime this year.

In response to the National Transportation Safety Board-proposed ban on cellphones while driving, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers tried to defend hands-free devices. They’re “designed to be used in a way that helps drivers keep their eyes on the road,” they said, but now it looks like this defense doesn’t hold water.

Transportation Safety Board is so convinced of the dangers of “distracted driving” that it’s now called for a nationwide ban on non-emergency cell phone use while driving. Even hands-free devices are not excluded.

The House kills the bill that would ban hand-held cell phone use while driving by a vote of 55 to 33on the house floor.  Highway safety stats  show 14 people died in 2009 in car crashes involving a driver using a hand held phone. That argument wasn’t good enough for law makers to support the ban.