Studies indicate Georgia’s distracted driving law is working, nearly a year after it first took effect. With the one year mark approaching, those in Atlanta’s medical community are pushing for a national distracted driving law.
The Medical Association of Atlanta says it is sending representatives to meetings with the American Medical Association and having conversations with the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to make the case for a federal hands-free law.
Dr. Martha Wilbur, president of the Medical Association of Atlanta, says that’s one part of the strategy. The other involves addressing the social norms that have made using a cellphone while behind the wheel acceptable.
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