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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:30:34 GMT, noway@no!spam.org (Theodore J Bear) wrote:
>Great post Dave!
Thanks.
>It really just boils down to some can multitask and others can't.
Yeah, and you can go from a "can't" to a "can" with a little practice and
concentration.
>A
>person has to assign the highest priority to piloting the vehicle and
>then if there is brain capacity left over, then talk on the cell
>phone, swat the kids, change stations/ cd or what ever.
Yep.
> Also
>interesting are people that put on makeup or shave while driving.
Doubt that's very intense - should be fairly doable, except for looking in the
mirror with the makeup thing. Shaving - I can do a decent job without looking,
then do the touch-up when I finally stop. Probably have done this maybe once
total.
>Maybe passengers should be banned while the NHTSA is at it.
Hell, they keep trying to get everyone to have 3 people in the car, minimum,
so's you can use the "HOV Lane". Just don't talk to 'em, I guess.
>Guess
>it's time to put a dark tint on all windows but the windshield.
Yep.
Dave Head
>Sigh
>
>Teddy
>
>On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:32:20 GMT, Dave Head <rally2xs@att.net> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:55:11 -0400, Isaiah Beard <sacredpoet@sacredpoet.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Dave Head wrote:
>>>
>>>> Saw an article today - can't find it now - that said NHTSA has a new study
>>>> saying hands free cell phone use could even be more dangerous than holding the
>>>> phone. The conclusion was that cell phone usage in cars should be banned
>>>> althgether.
>>>
>>>> Lessee, people don't want other people to use cell phones in restaurants,
>>>> movies, in the health club (there's a sign in mine, anyway), and now not in
>>>> cars at all.
>>>
>>>I can understand cars. And who knows, maybe it is true that cell phones
>>>are dangerous while driving even with a hands free.
>>
>>Well, sure it is - 'cuz driving itself is dangerous. But is it more or less
>>dangerous than talking to a passenger, tuning the radio, changing a CD,
>>swatting the kids, etc? Or, is it just a new thing, a subject of some
>>jealousy / status / whatever?
>>
>>I think people are attacking cell phones in cars for several reasons. But the
>>best one is probably that you can see when people are using them. You can't
>>necessarily tell that the reason the dork in front of you is weaving all over
>>the road is 'cuz he's busy trying to find the best rap station in the area, or
>>is busy knocking the kids up side the head for their latest silliness, or a lot
>>of other things. But you can see if he's on a cell phone.
>>
>>>Okay fine, lets ban communication devices in cars.
>>
>>Whole boatload of negative unintended consequences.
>>
>>And don't forget talking to passengers. Go out to one of those kinky websites,
>>purchase one of those inflatable gags, stick it in and pump it up before
>>getting behind the wheel, and don't take it out 'til U get there. No blabbing
>>at anyone, anytime, while driving. <G>
>>
>>>Now, what exactly are police departments going to do?
>>
>>They'll be exempt, of course.
>>
>>>A police officer
>>>must juggle not only a police radio (which is decidedly not hands-free),
>>>but many have to look at a laptop, too.
>>
>>That shouldn't be allowed even if they are cops.
>>
>>>All while driving a moving
>>>bomb-on-wheels if they happen to be in a Ford Crown Victoria (see
>>>http
/www.autosafety.org/article.php?scid=&did=357 ).
>>
>>Uh-huh.
>>>
>>>And *this* is not dangerous?
>>
>>Yes it is.
>>
>>>It's a little harder for a police officer
>>>to be above the law if genuine safety issues are raised.
>>
>>They'll do it anyway... Speeding down the road like a bat out of hell - 90+ mph
>>- is also a safety issue, but they do it all the time, no emergency even in the
>>same time zone, and just because they can.
>>
>>Dave Head