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Sep 15, 2011

PHONE BAN * USA - NTSB recommends complete phone ban for CMV drivers

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line, by David Tanner -13 Sept 2011: -- The National Transportation Safety Board does not have rulemaking powers, but the agency is making recommendations to the FMCSA to ban the use of handheld and hands-free cellphones by commercial drivers while driving... NTSB officials issued the recommendation to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in response to probable cause findings from a high-profile crash that led to 11 deaths in March 2010. Investigators determined that a 45-year-old truck driver was distracted by a cellphone leading up to a crash with a passenger van on Interstate 65 near Munford, KY... Among the recommendations to various agencies on Tuesday, Sept. 13, is one to FMCSA and the governments of all 50 states and the District of Columbia to: “Prohibit the use of both handheld and hands-free cellular telephones by all commercial driver’s license holders while driving in commercial operations, except in emergencies” ... It is already illegal for a commercial vehicle operator to send text messages or emails while operating a truck, bus or train...

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