An insurance industry study finds texting while driving laws have had no immediate benefit in reducing crashes.
The study done by a branch of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety looked at crash data from four states with texting bans. It found that in three of the states — California, Louisiana, Minnesota — crashes actually increased.
The reason, people may still be texting, just out of the view of passers by.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood criticized the report as misleading. He says the bans are important in helping stop deaths from distracted driving, but states must enforce them and people must obey them.
Time will tell if these laws will ever work. People just need to stop texting while driving.