# NTSB recommands ban on driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic device

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ntsb-recommands-ban-on-driver-use-of-cell-phones-and-other-portable-electronic-device/261751
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [December 13, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ntsb-recommands-ban-on-driver-use-of-cell-phones-and-other-portable-electronic-device/261751 "2011-12-13T11:10:23Z")
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### Author: ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ntsb-recommands-ban-on-driver-use-of-cell-phones-and-other-portable-electronic-device/261751/12 "2011-12-13T12:03:17Z")

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> [@usmc2801"](#):
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> Hmmmm did not know that…whats the reasoning for that?

> [@oakley half jackets anyone own a pair?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oakley-half-jackets-anyone-own-a-pair/47247/6):
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> Secure communication, driver training with 2 way radios, emergency communications.

> [@Official: NHL Playoff Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-nhl-playoff-thread/46500/214):
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> LEO’s are allowed to be on their cell phones. So _technically_ he wasn’t breaking the law.

Yeap

Same thing with seatbelts, cops do not have to wear them as in an emergency situation or when needing to get out of the car and react quickly the last thing you want to be doing is dicking with a seatbelt.

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