In the U.S., hand-held phones are banned in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, as well as Chicago, Detroit and Washington D.C.
Hand-held cellphones cannot be used while driving in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the Philippines, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Britain.
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine said the risk of an accident for people who drive while talking on a phone is the same as driving with a .08 blood alcohol level.
Source: The Gazette (Montreal), July 6, 2007
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