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Ray LaHood: “I think any distraction is a distraction that takes away from driving safely.”

On the recordOctober 27, 2009
I think any distraction is a distraction that takes away from driving safely.
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

LaHood emphasizes that distractions, including technology, impair safe driving.

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