Cell phone ban information

Okay, here's all the cell phone ban information I collected and put into one place.

1. While drivers continue to drive and chat on the home front, cell phone usage while driving has become a national law issue.
   
2. Some form of cell phone ban exists in 18 states and the District of Columbia. Oklahoma is not included.
   
3. Statewide bans have been enacted in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Washington D.C. Fourteen states allow local government to ban cell phone usage in city jurisdictions.
   So, what about Oklahoma?
   
   1. A bill to enact a statewide ban of cell phones in automobiles failed in May 1999.
   2. Legislation was passed that year prohibiting local authorities from enacting their own bans. Oklahoma is one of nine states forbidding local bans, including Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, ***NEW JERSEY?? (says so on some sites but not others)*** Nevada, Oregon and Utah.
      
   3. While Oklahoma does not ban cell phone usage in automobiles, state police are required by law to include information about cell phone in accident reports.
      Cell phone bans are not only enacted in the United States. They have become more common worldwide.
   
   
4. As of May, 2007, 47 countries have completely banned cell phone usage while driving.
   
   1. In India and, in some incidents, Bahrain, cell phone usage in an automobile is a criminal offense and can be punished by imprisonment. In Poland, fines can be as high as $1000.
      
   2. Partial bans exist in Canada, Mexico and Pakistan, and legislation is being debated in Botswana—the attorney general is drafting legislation—and New Zealand.