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Driving While Distracted: Hands-Free
*Update: The consensus is building that talking or texting while driving has become a major safety hazard. This week the U.S. took a major step toward outlawing the use of cell phones while driving. The National Transportation Safety Board is urging all states to ban drivers from talking on the phone — including the use of hands free devices and texting.
Correspondent Angie Crouch reports on what even a few seconds of distracted driving can mean.
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