It's the distraction, David. You hit on the idea below. If you are talking
on the phone your full attention is NOT on driving. I agree it is the same
thing to be gabbing with a passenger. One reason I love riding motorcycles
is I don't have to talk with anyone and I don't have distraction from radio,
CDs etc. I find concentrating on driving is a wonderful release from the day
to day drudgery of life.
Cheers!!
Jim
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:34 AM, David Booker <tncarnut1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "even using a hands free phone has been shown to be at least as large an
> impairment as driving over the .08 blood/alchohol limit. ....."
>
>
> I'm not trying to argue for phone use, but am just curious how a properly
> used
> hands-free phone is supposed to be as dangerous as driving drunk. I have
> trouble understanding how (again, assuming it is properly used) it is any
> more
> distracting than speaking with a person in the passenger seat.
>
> I use a belt-clip to secure my phone to the shoulder harness of my seat
> belt
> (because I refuse to go thru life with little things with lights dangling
> from
> my ear). If someone calls, I just reach up, flip open the phone and speak.
> I
> don't think I am any more distracted than if I were speaking with a
> passenger
> sitting next to me. I rarely ever make a call, but if I do, it is only to
> someone programmed into the phone. Yesterday I reached up, touched a button
> and said "Call Kyle Mobile" when checking to see if my 14 year old son was
> through with his cross country practice. It did not cause me to wander in
> my
> lane or break concentration at all. I concede that if I were having to
> dial a
> number, that would be dangerous, but then it is not a hands-free device is
> it? I also conceed that certain passengers can be very distracting for a
> wide
> range of reasons, but that's a bit off-subject...
>
> David Booker
> Long Island
>
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Jim
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