by Admin
21. December 2011 03:29
The Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s ruling for banning handheld cell phones for all commercial truck and bus drivers got a big boost late last month when it gained the endorsement of the American Trucking Associations (ATA). ATA President and CEO Bill Graves said in a press release that studies show texting and dialing a cell phone while driving significantly increase the risk of crashing. “…steps to curb these behaviors hold great promise to improve highway safety.”The ATA supports bans on texting and using handheld phones for all drivers. “While the federal government cannot enact such bans for drivers of passenger vehicles, ATA urges all states to follow the lead of DOT and FMCSA and take steps to ban these dangerous activities for all drivers,” Graves said.