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To: Sully- who wrote (37163)	5/22/2001 5:31:26 PM
From: Ex-INTCfan	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 65232

Question for the thread. Given the below article, does anyone know who makes cell phones for cars that are not hand held, and do any of these companies have working relationships with major automakers? Bills Would Ban Hand-Held Phones While Driving By Jeremy Pelofsky WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers unveiled proposed legislation on Tuesday that would ban the use of hand-held mobile telephones while driving and withhold federal highway funds from states that failed to implement the ban. The two similar measures, both introduced by Democrats, would require states to come up with penalty systems for violations, either imposing fines or assessing points on a driver's license that could lead to a suspension of driving privileges. New York Rep. Gary Ackerman (news - bio - voting record)'s proposal would require drivers to use speaker phones or earpiece devices allowing both hands to be on the steering wheel. New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine (news - bio - voting record)'s measure would give the states more discretion to decide what kinds of cellphone use in vehicles constitutes a threat to public safety. ``Just a few seconds of distraction while talking on a cellphone can mean the difference between safety and peril,'' Corzine said in a statement. ``We must act to make our roads safer and this legislation goes a long way to achieving this goal.'' Separately, the investigative arm of Congress released a report that said research failed to show radio frequencies emitted by mobile telephones have an adverse affect on users' health. However, the General Accounting Office (news - web sites) report -- which surveyed the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites), World Health Organization (news - web sites) and other health agencies -- said there was insufficient information just yet to conclude that mobile phones posed no health risk. Approximately 115 million Americans have mobile phones, according to the Cellular Telephone & Internet Association. ``The reality is that the nature of the health risk is such that no lab study or epidemiological study will likely reveal any adverse health effects of radio frequency radiation on humans, if any, except over the course of many years or tracking heavy users,'' said Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Edward Markey (news - bio - voting record). ``As a result, in the short term millions of Americans will be required to make their own judgements about the level of risk and what precautions to take without definitive conclusions available from the research community,'' said Markey, one of the lawmakers who requested the GAO report.