BUSH ADMINISTRATION COVERED UP THE DANGERS OF CELL PHONES (And we hate to say we told you so ... but we told you so!)

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BUSH ADMINISTRATION COVERED UP THE DANGERS OF CELL PHONES
And we hate to say we told you so ... but we told you so!

Bruce on Bikers Rights (August 2009: Special Edition)

Anybody wonder why NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker and NTSB Board Member Kitty Higgins had nowhere to run this week except out the door?  It's because WE--meaning Robert "RC" Conroy, myself and many other dedicated motorcyclists' rights activists who have been battling for years against the carnage caused by drivers immersed in cellphone calls--have made damned sure that when asked the question "WHAT DID YOU KNOW AND WHEN DID YOU KNOW IT?", their answers if honest will be damning:

http://tinyurl.com/yog8ke

http://tinyurl.com/m92hpe

We hate to say we told you so, folks, but WE TOLD YOU SO.  Click the links below, and read dozens of accounts of righteous indignation written by "professional" journalists who have no excuse for their years of denial regarding this issue.  Some of the links are long, and your email software may break them.  If that happens, please don't reply to us claiming "the links don't work".  Instead, copy and paste the broken segments into your browser address bar, then click Go or hit Enter.  If you find that confusing, seek assistance from the nearest teenager.  And be nice about it, as they may soon turn 18 and either (a) possibly go to war and give their life defending your right to be computer-illiterate in the Internet Age, or (b) certainly spend what's left of their life struggling to pay off the $53 trillion in debt and "unfunded obligations" which--like the untold motorcyclists' and other motorists' deaths attributable to this cover-up--are a lasting legacy of the George "Du!
bya" Bush Administration:

U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving  (may require registration to read)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/technology/21distracted.html

Documents: Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/images/nytint/docs/documents-from-the-u-s-department-of-transportation-s-national-highway-traffic-safety-administration/original.pdf

Report: Agency withheld distracted driver research
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gsKtAgd7nPCrDhq2AUGTK9fSdtiAD99IJGS00

Real cell-phone dangers exposed: Using wireless communication devices while driving
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/07/cell-phone-dangers-using-wireless-communication-devices-while-driving.html

Highway agency wanted total cell phone ban
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32035670/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/

Gov't Wanted Total Cell Phone Ban For Drivers, Report Reveals
http://www.pcworld.com/article/168793/govt_wanted_total_cell_phone_ban_for_drivers_report_reveals.html

Consumer Groups: Gov't Kept Secret The Dangers of Cell Phones
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Travel/story?id=8135393&page=1

Studies Showing Dangers of Cellphone Use while Driving Were Suppressed
http://www.ombwatch.org/node/10233

Government Withheld Important Safety Data Showing Drivers' Hands-Free Cell Phone Use Is Just as Hazardous as Handheld Use
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2927

Jay Bookman Research on cell-phone-use-while-driving quashed by feds
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/21/research-on-cell-phone-use-while-driving-quashed-by-feds/?cxntfid=blogs_jay_bookman_blog

Report: Agency Hid Distracted Driver Stats
http://cbs4.com/consumer/Distracted.Driving.Drivers.2.1095052.html

Driving and cell phones: Why they don't go together
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/wingingit/51337479.html

Agency withheld data on dangers of talking and driving
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090721/cellphone_report_090721/20090721?hub=TopStories

U.S. agency hid cellphone driving risk data: N.Y. Times
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/07/21/cellphone-driving.html

US quashed report on dangers of phone use while driving
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gzXBemNwjmj2tu7wIyY0dWqpOnNA

Group Hid Study On Cellphone's Driving Distractions
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1724351/group_hid_study_on_cellphones_driving_distractions/

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