1.0SellCell.com Bloghttps://www.sellcell.com/blogCraig Timminshttps://www.sellcell.com/blog/author/craig-timmins/Cell Phone Texting Ban Increases Accidentsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="42qJiX3vY0"><a href="https://www.sellcell.com/blog/cell-phone-texting-ban-increases-accidents/">Cell Phone Texting Ban Increases Accidents</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sellcell.com/blog/cell-phone-texting-ban-increases-accidents/embed/#?secret=42qJiX3vY0" width="600" height="338" title="“Cell Phone Texting Ban Increases Accidents” — SellCell.com Blog" data-secret="42qJiX3vY0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The ban on texting on cell phones whilst driving, which went into effect in New York four months ago in the November of last year, may actually be having the opposite of the intended effect.https://www.sellcell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/texting-whilst-driving.gif