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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 2002
Page
8
States consider banning hand held phones while driving with New York leading after Nov 1. More than 2,000 tickets issued and 20 states track incidents. Advocates cite safety while critics note industry lobbying and practical needs.
Amid rising use of hand held cell phones, several states consider banning phone use while driving. A controversial question arises: would a driver’s phone use be an acceptable defense if someone killed your daughter.
About 150 marchers gathered outside a Brooklyn federal courthouse to oppose the appeals court ruling that overturned the convictions of three white former police officers in the Abner Louima torture case. City officials and activists denounced the decision as a setback for justice.
Nine of the nineteen hijackers on September 11 were identified for increased scrutiny but still boarded the planes that later hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Six were flagged by a profiling system, two faced ID questions, and one traveled with a passenger with questionable ID.
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