{"id":409,"date":"2013-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/illinois-attempts-to-ban-hand-held-cell-phone-use-while-driving\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:54:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:54:27","slug":"illinois-attempts-to-ban-hand-held-cell-phone-use-while-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/illinois-attempts-to-ban-hand-held-cell-phone-use-while-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Attempts To Ban Hand-Held Cell Phone Use While Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/category\/car-accidents\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Car accidents<\/a> | February 28, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Illinois is again considering becoming one of the handful of states that ban the use of hand-held cell phones while operating a motor vehicle. The majority of states, including Illinois, already ban texting while driving as a behavior associated with <a href=\"\/auto-accidents\/distracted-driving-accidents\/\">distracted driving accidents<\/a>. A proposal to ban hand-held cell phone use was defeated in Senate last year. A new proposal was endorsed by a state House committee earlier this month. If the bill is passed by the full House, it will go to the state Senate where a similar bill was defeated last year.<\/p>\n<p>The sponsor of the legislation indicated that the use of a hand-held cell phone increases a driver&#8217;s risk of getting into an accident by 800 percent. Distracted driving is a factor in roughly 10 percent of all fatal crashes. Cell phone use of one kind or another is a noteworthy contributor to the total number of distracted driving accidents. It is not clear whether hands-free devices are significantly safer to use while driving that hand-held devices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/illinois-attempts-to-ban-hand-held-cell-phone-use-while-driving\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Illinois Attempts To Ban Hand-Held Cell Phone Use While Driving\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car accidents | February 28, 2013 Illinois is again considering becoming one of the handful of states that ban the use of hand-held cell phones while operating a motor vehicle. The majority of states, including Illinois, already ban texting while driving as a behavior associated with distracted driving accidents. 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