A study by the University of Illinois found that talking on a cell phone is a dangerous distraction while crossing the street — far more dangerous than listening to an iPod or MP3 player.

But we asked our patrons to refrain from talking on their cell phone in the dining room of the restaurant," Caruthers said. Richard says it's all a part of a changing culture.

So let’s stop talking about someone “using” their cell phone, and instead talk about whether or not the driver is holding their cell phone or looking at their cell phone.

Eight states, including California, have made talking on a handheld cell phone while driving illegal. Even Mythbusters ran an experiment similar to the Utah research last April , and got the same ...

July 28, 2005— -- It's no secret that talking on a cell phone while driving is a distraction -- motorists can find themselves fumbling for their phone, trying to find the earpiece, ...

Thanks to the wonders of modern, miniaturized electronics, it is now possible to carry around a cell phone all day, put it to such use as to exhaust its battery, and yet never talk to anybody on ...

The notion that talking on a cell phone while driving a car isn't safe seems obvious, yet what happens in the brain while it juggles the two tasks is not. A new study provides a better ...

In a finding that is completely at odds with most distracted-driving studies conducted in the past two decades, Virginia Tech researchers found that just talking on a phone isn't dangerous.

On July 1, two more states will ban drivers from talking on a cell phone they use a hands-free device. The debate on whether these laws prevent accidents is sure to heat up.

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"Time Traveler in 1938 film caught talking on a cell phone in 1938 comming out of a Dupont Factory in Massachusetts," one description of the video on YouTube read.

Under the new law, drivers could be pulled over for talking on a handheld phone or scrolling on their cell phone while they are driving — even if stuck in traffic or at a red light.