Argument: Savings from a vehicle cell phone ban would offset loses

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Dr. Joseph de Beauchamp. Subject: The Telephone. All Experts.com. 27 Mar. 2005 – “Banning cell phone use on the road would save lives and the benefits to society would cancel out the costs of such a ban, according to a study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.

…That evaluation found that a ban would be worth about $43 billion a year, although the estimate is imprecise and researchers place the range of possible values anywhere from $9 to $193 billion. Those savings would be roughly offset by the economic impact of unmade calls, also estimated to be around $43 billion annually and to range from $17 to $151 billion.”