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3
Hand-held cellphone law effective July 2008
2
California
1 Control States
10
4
Hand-held law cellphone effective October 2005
2 Connecticut
Control States
-32 -30 -28 -26 -24 -22 -20 -18 -16 -14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Months before/after hand-held cellphone law
FIGURE 3 COLLISION CLAIM FREQUENCIES FOR NEW VEHICLES BY MONTH
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VS. CONTROL STATES (MARYLAND, VIRGINIA) AND BALTIMORE CITY
20
18
16
14
12
10
6
Hand-held law cellphone effective July 2004
4 District of Columbia
Maryland and Virginia
2 Baltimore City
-30 -28 -26 -24 -22 -20 -18 -16 -14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28
Months before/after hand-held cellphone law
10
6
Hand-held cellphone law effective November 2001
2 New York
Control States
Table 2 summarizes estimates for the interaction of StateType and BanStatus for regression models using data for
California, Connecticut, District of Columbia (compared with control states), and New York. Additional models examined
data restricted to youthful drivers (ages 16-24).
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