NTSB Cell Phone Ban Advocacy

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Maryland already has such a law, but it's a secondary offense (i.e., they need to be pulling you over for something else in order to cite you for cell phone use). I disregard the rule. I'll make or take short cell calls whenever I wish, but I don't text while driving.

The NTSB proposal goes too far in proposing to also prohibit the use of hands-free devices. I have a feeling that this may be a negotiating tactic to allow them to settle somewhere in the middle. Even if it becomes a Federal rule, Maryland state police won't enforce it any more than they already enforce the existing MD law, which is seldom. I don't know a person who has gotten a ticket for using a cellphone.