OOIDA opposes hand-held phone restriction

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OOIDA continues to support a federal ban on texting while driving for commercial operators, but the Association opposes the next step being taken by the FMCSA to restrict drivers’ use of hand-held mobile phones.

“OOIDA cannot support the current proposed restriction on use of hand-held cell phones by CMV drivers,” President and CEO Jim Johnston stated in comments filed Tuesday, Feb. 22.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration submitted its cell-phone proposal to the Federal Register on Dec. 21, 2010, not long after a ban on texting while driving became a final rule.

“Indeed, cell phone use is no more distracting than other types of communications and electronic equipment used regularly by truck drivers such as in-cab fleet management devices, global positioning and other navigation systems, and Citizens Band (CB) radios that have not received the same level of scrutiny by FMCSA.”

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And, at the opposite end of the spectrum, we have the good 'ol ATA spouting their tired rhetoric that is always in direct conflict with the O/Os....

2/24/2011
ATA Supports Proposed Ban on Hand-Held Phone Use by Drivers

The American Trucking Associations announced its support of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's proposed prohibition on the use of hand-held mobile phones, though it urged the agency to allow the use of hands free devices, citing agency research demonstrating the net safety benefits of such devices.

"ATA's progressive safety agenda calls for the safe use of technology and our associations' policy calls for laws and regulations that ban all motorists from using hand-held mobile phones while driving," ATA President and CEO Bill Graves said. "Recognizing the risks of hand held mobile phone use, it simply makes sense to prohibit their use by all motorists to make the highways safer for everyone."

ATA Supports Proposed Ban on Hand-Held Phone Use by Drivers - Truckinginfo.com
 

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