Feds hid phoning-while-driving danger stats

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, after gathering years of data about the danger of talking on cell phones while driving, then sat on it, out of fear of Congress. Finally, a Freedom of Information suit has made it public.

The story notes that Congressional comments gave NHTSA good reason not to tell it, as Congress basically didn’t want to hear.

So, how many people have died in our country because Congress was in thrall to cell phone lobbyists? How many people have become addicted to a “right” to calling while driving?