Fort Benning rescinds ban on cell phones

FORT BENNING - Fort Benning officials have rescinded a day-old policy that banned the use of hand-held cell phones while driving on the post. <br> <br> Fort Benning spokeswoman Staff Sergeant Sally Toomey said the information released Thursday was premature and post officials needed more time to study the specific prohibitions and how to enforce them. <br> <br> Toomey said yesterday that they&#39;re still evaluating it. <br> <br> The policy would have been the first at an Army installation to prohibit every driver from using a hand-held cell-phone on post. It also applied to drivers in military vehicles off post. <br> <br> Post officials used data from the New England Journal of Medicine and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to study the dangers of using a cell phone while driving. The study found drivers are four times more likely to crash while using cell-phones.

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