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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (3715)	10/26/2000 8:54:36 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 10042

Long Island county bans motorists from hand-held cell phones HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) -- Drive now. Talk later. Suffolk County, home to the Hamptons and other playgrounds of the wealthy, has banned drivers from using hand-held phones. ``We are targeting a careless driving habit that didn't exist 10 years ago,'' County Executive Robert Gaffney said Thursday. After Jan. 1, violators will be fined $150. Emergency calls are exempt. The county is believed to be the first in the nation to enact such a law, though there are similar local ordinances in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Brooklyn, Ohio, enacted the nation's first such law last March. A 1997 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that motorists are three to six times more likely to have an accident while talking on a cell phone.