“The National Safety Council called Monday for a nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving, a prohibition opposed by the industry. ‘Studies show that driving while talking on a cell phone is extremely dangerous and puts drivers at a four times greater risk of a crash,’ said Janet Froetscher, the council’s president and CEO, in a news release, referring to a 1997 New England Journal of Medicine examination of hospital records.” (CNN, Tuesday)
Can we ban groups that urge bans?
FEE Timely Classic:
“The Nanny State” by Don Boureaux