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To: S100 who wrote (2616)	2/3/2001 3:55:23 PM
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Canada MP wants car cellphone chats to be crime February 3, 2001 9:28 am EST OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian legislator wants to make it a crime to chat on a cellphone while driving. Bill Blaikie, a member of Parliament for the small New Democratic Party, introduced a motion Friday calling on the Liberal government to make it a criminal offense to drive while talking on a mobile phone except in an emergency. "Cellular phones are a great convenience, but when used while driving they present a threat to public safety," Blaikie said in a statement, adding that several provinces were already studying the issue. He cited the recent case of a three-car pile-up in a Toronto suburb in which five people were seriously hurt when a man ran a red light. He said witnesses reported the driver was using a cellphone at the time. Blaikie said Australia, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain have all banned cellphone use by drivers. ^ REUTERS@