Using cellphones while driving

[vernard]

Why of why do folks refuse to use headsets with cellphones when driving?

They should make it illegal to sell a cellphone without either speakerphone capabilities or a headset.

Comments

[jerseygirl1.livejournal.com]

AMEN!!!!

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

It's not the phones themselves, it's the attitude. People talking on the phone zone out and don't pay attention to anything around them. Besides, this is not the only thing people do, particularly mornings, that distract them..... women applying cosmetics, doing hair; folks fiddling with radios, CD cases, children screaming....

You cannot regulate that kind of thing. You can only make it hurt when it causes a problem. If you were Driving While Distracted, even if it was by yon billboard over there that wasn't even IN your car, and cause a boo-boo, you get busted.

Anything else violates the doctrine of prior restraint. In these days when Dubya wants to take whatever freedom he can get his greasy meat hooks on, don't give him any bright ideas.

[dwivian]

Studies show that the handset is not any less dangerous than the headset, and can be less so. The headset tends to get left on, and thus blocks sound from an area during driving. And, as well, the zoning mind tends to not care what the distraction is. The idea that one-handed driving is bad is still there, but many drivers are not "ten-and-two" people anyway, so there is no loss.

You're much worse on the road with a passenger that you want to address, or food you want to eat, or music you want to enjoy, than with any cell phone. Until they outlaw drive-thru cuisine and front seat riders, I don't expect any change on cellphone usage to be of any importance.

[captain-bob.livejournal.com]

You cannot outlaw bad driving.