[Shotimes] driving pet peeves

[Ron Porter]

Along with driving while tired, having talkative passengers, having unruly
kids, reading a map, being basically incompetent, changing iPod selections,
etc, etc.

IMNSHO, cell phones are the new "whipping boy" (and a revenue grab for areas
passing cell phone driving laws) for the same basic issues that have been
around forever.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: van Oss [mailto:vanOss@centurytel.net] 
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 2:29 PM
To: ronporter@ameritech.net; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] driving pet peeves

You might be interested in the work of Dr. David Strayer at the University 
of Utah (http://www.psych.utah.edu/AppliedCognitionLab/).  By several 
measures (reaction time, following distance, response to signs, resumption 
of speed after braking, etc.), people engaged in a cell-phone conversation 
while driving---not dialing, just talking---are as impaired as if they were 
over the BAC limit.

VO

----- Original Message ----- 
Anyway, receiving a call on a phone, either with a headset, hands-free, or
even using the phone, is IMHO no more distracting than talking to passengers
in the car.

They have already done studies that show that the REAL issue is when you are
dialing the phone, and that issue exists with whatever audio setup you have.

Ron Porter