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New York Cracks Down on Cab Drivers Using Cellphones

in News on October 20, 2009 at 7:54 am PT

Studies have already shown that chatting on a cellphone while driving is just as dangerous as driving drunk. While several U.S. states have enacted hands-free cellphone laws for drivers, New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission is going a step further by proposing harsher rules for cab drivers who violate the commission’s decade-old rule against all cellphone use. The current regulations include cabbies who talk while wearing a hands-free headset, but the TLC says it’s tired of the ban being violated.