<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/de01213e-99f3-442b-a559-d329277eb8d1/5AC14805-A97F-4408-8362-15AD39BFB7FA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00431.htm" href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00431.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.scoop.co.nz</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00431.htm"><H1>Hands-free calling in cars almost as dangerous</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00431.htm"><P>Hands-free calling in cars almost as dangerous </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00431.htm"><P>From Sunday drivers in New Zealand will only be allowed to use mobile phones in their cars if they use a hands-free kit or phone cradle.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00431.htm"><P>The ban, and its timing, were <A target="_blank" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102795426874&s=112&e=001Idj-gDMHmV_hUg9ckAooViDA73-5MuqWh5j5IX47fEawOaSM13hbYlMH1qwXVl7Yc2Kr7Sa07DW2mvz-VJefUSEBLUxx1gxw7JBuKtXWhJELJCwks3GLsgTEqUd00H6uf8glep-_WtUtBG-v_aBGUyPQbjJ7jSIlTAmjOZus4aExuFDrIWid2dRxkAZLQdw6">officially confirmed</A> in August. Mobile phones cannot be used, even while stopped at a red light, unless the phone is in a fixed cradle or a hands-free kit or headset is used. Those who break the <A target="_blank" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102795426874&s=112&e=001Idj-gDMHmV-mmC8zkglQJE-DMHzt8jlFdi3rCcC5JIsXwphqN1NUVm1xAPCxTbE5YyoF7QOuxtpqZGGNpNSIZzqggZ52qrkuJjLF3bbdQJBvwk2JqufwyXTlgr3GV6znoIjlxbqAbac-OsYbwFEeWyGhK5v0hdqjOCc-9Z_zXv6E15Wi0W94L28JtrAVC7Y_7bHTEwa_9L6vcLK32qJJvw==">rules</A> face a fine of $80, and 20 demerit points. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00431.htm"><P>"Driver distraction - in which mobile phone use is one of the leading distractions - contributes to an estimated 23% of crashes. Research I have undertaken has shown that the use of a hand held mobile phone whilst driving increases the risk of crashing 4-fold whilst the use of hands-free mobile phone use whilst driving increases the risk 3.8-fold. Importantly, the risk of crashing is increased despite the age or sex of the driver." </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5AC14805-A97F-4408-8362-15AD39BFB7FA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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