Here is a website that claims that if you got a ticket from our new cell phone law that they will give you a free Bluetooth Headset for free if you show them proof that you received a ticket. This sounds to good to be true and I alway hear from my gramps "if its to good it most likely is". So what do you think do you think the information listed below is too good to be. Check it out an let us know what you think.
Laws banning cell phone usage
while driving exist in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and the
District of Columbia have been in effect for some time, and
their success at reducing the accident rates related to cell
phone use has prompted adoption of similar legislation in
California and Washington. In a
bid to highlight these new laws, and to encourage people to
change their driving behavior, Headsets.com, an online retailer
of telephone headsets will offer a free cell phone headset to
anyone who sends them a copy of their traffic citation for
making calls while driving.
Studies by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis have shown that
2,600 people are killed, and as many as 330,000 people are
injured each year in the United States, in accidents related to
driver distraction from using a cell phone. “I just feel
compelled to try and do something about this tragedy,” says
Headsets.com President and CEO Mike Faith.
“If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell
phone in their hand, their reaction times are the same as a
70-year-old driver who is not using a cell phone” says David
Strayer, Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah.
Simulations have shown that drivers talking on cell phones were
18% slower to react to warning signs such as brake lights, while
driving and talking on their cell, and took up to 17% times
longer to regain speed after braking, slowing down all road
users.
“We’d rather that people didn’t take calls while driving,
hands-free or not,” says Faith. “There’s just no way you can
chat on the phone and keep the same attention on the road.”
Faith notes however that the reality of the situation is that
people will continue to do it, and he hopes this program will
help those that are finding it difficult to change, to at least
take a step in the right direction by switching to a hands-free
system. “Of course, we encourage everyone to pull over if they
have to make or receive a call – it’s the only way to be really
safe.”
The company website has been updated to cope with the expected
influx of applicants to the program as new laws come into effect
and a special toll free number has been set up, 1-800-HEADSETS
for those that wish to start their free headset claim over the
phone. For more information go to: www.Headsets.com/drivers