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*[[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]], [[New York]], [[New Jersey]] and, beginning July 2008, [[Washington]]<ref>http://www.komotv.com/news/local/7470007.html</ref> ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.

*[[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]], [[New York]], [[New Jersey]] and, beginning July 2008, [[Washington]]<ref>http://www.komotv.com/news/local/7470007.html</ref> ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.

*[[Illinois]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[New Mexico]], [[Ohio]], and [[Pennsylvania]] permit local municipalities to ban handheld cell phone use. Localities that have already done this include: Chicago, IL; Brookline, MA; Detroit, MI; Santa Fe, NM; Brooklyn, North Olmstead and Walton Hills, OH; and Conshohocken, Lebanon and West Conshohocken, PA.

*[[Illinois]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[New Mexico]], [[Ohio]], and [[Pennsylvania]] permit local municipalities to ban handheld cell phone use. Localities that have already done this include: Chicago, IL; Brookline, MA; Detroit, MI; Santa Fe, NM; Brooklyn, North Olmstead and Walton Hills, OH; and Conshohocken, Lebanon and West Conshohocken, PA. {{citation needed}}

*[[Florida]], [[Kentucky]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Nevada]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Oregon]], and [[Utah]] do not allow local governments to ban cell phone use.

*[[Florida]], [[Kentucky]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Nevada]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Oregon]], and [[Utah]] do not allow local governments to ban cell phone use. {{citation needed}}

*[[Arizona]], [[Arkansas]], [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, [[New Jersey]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Texas]] ban the use of all cell phones while driving a school bus.

*[[Arizona]], [[Arkansas]], [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, [[New Jersey]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Tennessee]], and [[Texas]] ban the use of all cell phones while driving a school bus.{{citation needed}}

*[[Colorado]], Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, [[Maine]], [[Maryland]], [[Minnesota]], New Jersey, [[North Carolina]], [[Rhode Island]], Tennessee, Texas, and [[West Virginia]] have restrictions on the use of cell phones by young drivers.

*[[Colorado]], Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, [[Maine]], [[Maryland]], [[Minnesota]], New Jersey, [[North Carolina]], [[Rhode Island]], Tennessee, Texas, and [[West Virginia]] have restrictions on the use of cell phones by young drivers.{{citation needed}}

*In [[Montana]] it was for many years technically illegal to even possess a cell phone inside a car, due to an archaic law which was repealed in 2001.

*In [[Montana]] it was for many years technically illegal to even possess a cell phone inside a car, due to an archaic law which was repealed in 2001.{{citation needed}}

*All except four states with cell phone bans allow police to stop and ticket drivers for breaking the law. The exceptions are New Jersey, which is a secondary enforcement law except for school bus drivers and learner’s permit and intermediate license holders, and Colorado, Maryland, and West Virginia which have secondary enforcement laws. Secondary enforcement laws require observation of another violation before stopping the driver.

*All except four states with cell phone bans allow police to stop and ticket drivers for breaking the law. The exceptions are New Jersey, which is a secondary enforcement law except for school bus drivers and learner’s permit and intermediate license holders, and Colorado, Maryland, and West Virginia which have secondary enforcement laws. Secondary enforcement laws require observation of another violation before stopping the driver.{{citation needed}}

==Safety record==

==Safety Record==

Despite repeated media scare stories, no [[cell phone cancer]] link has ever been proved (Also see: [[Mobile phones and brain tumor risk]]).

There have been some studies which suggest [[Cellular telephone|cell phone]] might cause [[cancer]], especially in the [[brain]]. The [[World Health Organization]] was perhaps the first world-recognized organization to announce this possibility<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/index.html</ref>. At the very least, it is known that the radio waves from [[Cellular telephone|cell phones]] do effect the cells nearby, as is evidenced by the change in their [[metabolism]] rate of [[glucose]].<ref>http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet</ref>  However, no [[cell phone cancer]] link has ever been proved beyond doubt. (Also see: [[Mobile phones and brain tumor risk]]).

== See Also ==

== See Also ==