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Accidents Waiting to Happen

More and more people are ignoring the Maryland hands-free cell phone law

Distracted Driving
Distracted Driving (​Photo by Alexandre Boucher on Unsplash​)

You see it all the time now... cars drifting into other lanes or off the roadbed completely. Strange vehicular behavior such as speeding up and slowing down instead of normally maintaining a steady speed or worse yet, waiting at a green light until it's about to turn red... at least THEY got through the light! While not all of these behaviors always reflect cell phone use, it's always distracted driving.

These distracted driving symptoms if left uncorrected, could lead to more serious consequences such as injury or death. Think twice BEFORE putting that phone to your ear... can you hear me now?

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