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= Ban on Texting helps lower traffic fatalities. = Recently, Florida became one of several states that has passed a ban on texting while driving. However, even the law has been in effect, some still argue of the ideas that texting while driving ban is not going to make any change in the traffic fatalities since it is not the principal cause of car's accident. However, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health examined the impact texting-while-driving laws have had on roadway crash-related fatalities, and the findings are published in the August issue of the //American Journal of Public Health:// ===="Our results indicated that primary texting bans were significantly associated with a 3 percent reduction in traffic fatalities among all age groups, which equates to an average of 19 deaths prevented per year in states with such bans," Ferdinand said. "Primarily enforced texting laws that banned only young drivers from texting were the most effective at reducing deaths among the 15- to 21-year-old cohort, with an associated 11 percent reduction in traffic fatalities among this age group in states with such bans." ==== ====Ferdinand says these results could aid policymakers interested in improving roadway safety in that they indicate the types of laws that are most effective in reducing deaths among various age groups, as well as those in states with secondarily enforced texting bans advocating for stricter, primarily enforced texting bans. ====

====Lastly, according to  Menachemi, "Clearly distracted driving is a growing problem affecting everyone on the roadways,". "It is my hope that policymakers act upon our findings so that motor-vehicle deaths can be prevented." ==== ====This study is totally conformed or relevant with the study of chapter 4 on Consciousness. Also, it reflects the Barrett Law that data is important for scientists in order to verify things. ====

** Reference ** :
Alva O. Ferdinand, Nir Menachemi, Bisakha Sen, Justin L. Blackburn, Michael Morrisey, Leonard Nelson. **Impact of Texting Laws on Motor Vehicular Fatalities in the United States**. //American Journal of Public Health//, 2014; e1 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.30189

University of Alabama at Birmingham. "Primary texting bans associated with lower traffic fatalities, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 July 2014. .

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