TV News LIES

Thursday, May 07th

Last update08:39:35 AM GMT

You are here News Health U.S. Withheld Data Showing Risks of Distracted Driving

U.S. Withheld Data Showing Risks of Distracted Driving

E-mail Print PDF

In 2003, researchers at a federal agency proposed a long-term study of 10,000 drivers to assess the safety risk posed by cellphone use behind the wheel.

They sought the study based on evidence that such multitasking was a serious and growing threat on America’s roadways. But such an ambitious study never happened. And the researchers’ agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, decided not to make public hundreds of pages of research and warnings about the use of phones by drivers — in part, officials say, because of concerns about angering Congress.

More...


Most Recent Related Stories...


How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks before it was identified

HondiusA deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise...

Mail-order access to abortion drug reinstated by Supreme Court

SCOTUSThe Supreme Court on May 4 reinstated mail-order access to the widely used abortion drug mifepristone,...

RFK Jr. detailed heroin addiction, SSRI views in speech to his MAHA fans

RFK Jr.At the MAHA Institute's "Mental Health & Overmedicalization Summit" in the nation's capital, the Health and...

Hantavirus outbreak kills 3 on cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, WHO says

Hantavirus kills three on cruise shipThree people have died in an outbreak of a dangerous respiratory virus on a cruise ship...
 
America's # 1 Enemy
Tee Shirt
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
TVNL Tee Shirt
 
TVNL TOTE BAG
Conserve our Planet
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
 
Get your 9/11 & Media
Deception Dollars
& Help Support TvNewsLIES.org!
 
The Loaded Deck
The First & the Best!
The Media & Bush Admin Exposed!