| nolife 2005-06-25, 4:55 pm |
| Mij Adyaw 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. What will they
> government try to do next.?.... Ban talking to passengers in the car?
>
>
For me, a cell phone is distracting but I would have never of noticed
until my passenger pointed it out. Just the other day while talking on
the phone I pulled up to an intersection, the car in front of me
stopped, looked, and then procedded to turn right. I pulled forward,
stopped, looked both ways, and turned left. Problem though, there was a
red light and not a stop sign at that intersection and I went through
it. I would have not even thought about it until my wife yelled "what
the hell are you doing" when I was about half way through the
intersection. This intersection is about 1/4 mile from my house and I
use it every single day so this was nothing new. I believe the fact
that I was on the phone, I was not paying attention to my driving AT
ALL. On that note though, it really depends on the individual on how
you divide your limited brain processing when talking and driving. I'll
admit it though. It does affect my driving.
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