Jets have right of way History has recorded the first known plane crash caused by cell phones.
A security patrolman at Eglin Air Force Base was driving on a runway last November when he dropped a cellular telephone, reached for it, unwittingly turned his car's steering wheel, stepped on the gas and hit a parked jet fighter. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and suffered a concussion. Much has been said lately about car phones being a threat to traffic safety. But there isn't much difference between talking to a passenger in the car and talking to someone who is not in the car, except that it may require one hand to be off the wheel in the case of a cell phone. Many people habitually talk and drive with one hand.