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Cell Phone-Related Crashes Higher

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The number of statewide auto accidents caused by the use of cell phone is a lot higher than California Highway Patrol officials thought. The CHP is re-examining data it had collected before releasing a report to legislators. A reworked report will include data showing drivers using cell phones had been blamed for nearly seven times the number of accidents originally cited.

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