Oct. 13, Wednesday -- Laws against driving while using cell phones would have little effect on the number of accidents, according to a new analysis of driver statistics by UC Davis economist James Prieger. He will discuss his new study, issued by the American Enterprise Institute-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, at this Policywatch talk sponsored by the UC Davis Institute of Governmental Affairs. Prieger found that, while still at increased risk, drivers who use cell phones are less likely to have accidents by as much as 36 percent than previous studies predicted. His talk will be held 12:10 p.m.-1 p.m. in 360 Shields Library on the UC Davis campus.