Thursday, December 10, 2009

Cellphone Timeline

Timeline: The Selling of the Cellphone -- and Warnings Unheeded - Interactive - NYTimes.com
Since 1984, when car phones came into fashion, they were quickly marketed to drivers as a means to mobile freedom. Studies would soon show that using a phone while driving could be a distraction for motorists. Still, the industry resisted legislative action to ban handsets in cars, as warnings about distracted driving went unheeded.

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