{"id":29848,"date":"2011-12-14T02:12:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T02:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/ntsb_urges_nationwide_ban_on_cellphone_use_while_driving\/"},"modified":"2011-12-14T02:12:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T02:12:54","slug":"ntsb_urges_nationwide_ban_on_cellphone_use_while_driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=29848","title":{"rendered":"NTSB urges nationwide ban on cellphone use while driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that all states and the District ban cellphone use behind the wheel, becoming the first federal agency to call for an outright ban on telephone conversations while driving.<\/p>\n<p>Distracted driving, some of it due to cellphone use, contributed to an estimated 3,092 deaths in highway crashes last year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo call, no text, no update, is worth a human life,\u201d\u009d said NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman. \u201cIt is time for all of us to stand up for safety by turning off electronic devices when driving.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/commuting\/ntsb-urges-nationwide-ban-on-cellphone-use-while-driving\/2011\/12\/13\/gIQAbuwHsO_story.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that all states and the District ban cellphone use behind the wheel, becoming the first federal agency to call for an outright ban on telephone conversations while driving. Distracted driving, some of it<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=29848\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,114,95,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-law-legal-issues","category-science-technology","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}