Cellular phones topics - Re: Study: Cell phones take up driver attention

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Re: Study: Cell phones take up driver attention

Tim Smith

2005-06-25, 6:55 am

In article <bcVue.3215$8o.1311@fed1read03>,
"Mij Adyaw" <mijadyaw@nospam.net> wrote:

quote:

> 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

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