Study: Cell phones take up driver attention

Having a conversation on a hands-free cell phone is NO DIFFERENT than having
a conversation with a passenger that is in the car. What will they
government try to do next.?.... Ban talking to passengers in the car?

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"Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Having a conversation on a hands-free cell phone is NO DIFFERENT than
> having a conversation with a passenger that is in the car. What will they
> government try to do next.?.... Ban talking to passengers in the car?
>

No, just ban vehicles altogether since they can used used for criminal
activity


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"Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Having a conversation on a hands-free cell phone is NO DIFFERENT than

holy crhsit, we've been over this about a billion times before. Drivers
give MORE attention to cell phone conversations than they do to other
conversations. It's a psychological thing . . . it's harder to be rude to a
person on the phone. -Dave

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> It's a psychological thing . . . it's harder to be rude to a
> person on the phone. -Dave

Spoken like someone who has never been a Sprint PCS Rep.




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In article <bcVue.3215$8o.1311@fed1read03>,
"Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Having a conversation on a hands-free cell phone is NO DIFFERENT than having
> a conversation with a passenger that is in the car.

There's one obvious difference. If you are driving, and doing something
like a tricky merge or something that requires extra concentration, a
passenger might notice what you are doing, and stop talking. Someone on
the phone would probably keep on babbling.

Whether this difference is significant or not is another question, but
it is a difference.

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--Tim Smith

Per Mij Adyaw:
>Having a conversation on a hands-free cell phone is NO DIFFERENT than having
>a conversation with a passenger that is in the car.

But it *is* different.

The person at the other end is not tuned into your driving situation and there
is an expectation that you will keep up your end of the conversation no matter
what. There's also the matter of dialing the thing.

I'm not amont those that thinks any kind of ban will work - but there's not
question in my mind that a cellphone conversation is very different from a
conversation with somebody in the vehicle - or even a CB radio conversation.


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PeteCresswell

"(PeteCresswell)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The person at the other end is not tuned into your driving situation and
> there
> is an expectation that you will keep up your end of the conversation no
> matter
> what.

If I'm talking to somebody on the phone while I'm driving, the driving takes
priorty. I don't give a flip if they have to hold the line for two seconds
while I take attention to some change in the road or traffic situation. If
they expect more out of me they can talk to me later when I'm not on the
phone.

-Jeff

>> It's a psychological thing . . . it's harder to be rude to a
>>person on the phone. -Dave
>
> Spoken like someone who has never been a Sprint PCS Rep.

Oh great...now I have to soak up the coffee I spit all over my keyboard
laughing.