According to the New York Times, Federal agency researchers were going to do a study starting in 2003. They were going to study 10,000 drivers over a period of time to determine the risks by cell phone use in vehicles. But the study was never official because there was pressure about upsetting Congress. The former head of NHTSA said it was suggested that they only gather the data and withhold the research.

Hundreds of pages from the research are being made public today for the first time due to two consumer groups, Center for Auto Safety and Public Citizen.

The researchers estimated in 2002 that cell phones used by drivers caused about 955 fatalities and 240,000 accidents that year.

People say that by not publishing the findings, lives have been lost and the problem that we are looking at could be as bad as drunk driving!

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