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Another Way Cell Phones Can Kill You

Started by sbspalding · 1 year ago

File this one in the applied common sense department. Cell phones are a distraction while driving.

Obvious enough. If you’re “chatting” with your inlaws, while programming your Magellan and changing the track on your audiobook version of the latest Grisham novel, all the while trying to switch lanes on the Interstate, some ... Continue reading »

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  • Living Infinitely

    1 year ago

    Interesting post..... In July California will be outlawing operating a motor vehicle while using a cell phone. However, using a handsfree device such as a bluetooth, is entirely permissable.
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  • Isaac

    1 year ago

    That is how it is in NY and a lot of States. Much better if you ask me since you will at least have two hands on the wheel.
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  • Maggy Young

    1 year ago

    In UK using a mobile while driving OR even stationary with the ignition on has been illegal for some time now, tho' I think hands free devices are still ok.
    I think it's a good thing. You can always pull over for a call, unless it's a freeway.
    Far too often you saw people so engrossed in their mobile conversations that they couldn't possibly be paying proper attention to the road & other traffic.
    Obviously talking to a passenger or listening to them talk on their mobile can be distracting, but at least a passenger can yell out if they see a possible hazard, a function a mobile on its own doesn't have.
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  • att cell phones

    1 year ago

    Very interesting post. I can definately see how listening in on a conversation could affect your concentration. On the same hand though would having a conversation with someone in the passenger have the same affect
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