On Sun 08 Jun 2008 11:45:17a, sf told us...

> On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:55:49 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sun 08 Jun 2008 10:39:13a, sf told us...
>>
>>> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:26:49 -0400, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"sf" <.> wrote in message
>>>>> How about that SUV driver with a cigarette in one hand, a cell in the
>>>>> other and a bunch of kids in the back?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I keep hearing various states want to pass laws that you cannot smoke
in
>>>>a car with kids. Much as I dislike smoking, I'm against such a law. My
>>>>car is sort of an extension of my home and aside from improper driving
>>>>or endangering, I should be free to do what I like.
>>>>
>>> IMO, it's dangerous in the respect that it takes one hand off the wheel
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>>> just like cell phones. Unlike cell phones, you're distracted
>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ by talking to a disembodied
>>> person.
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>Huh? When you're smoking you're talking to a disembodied person? I
guess
>>it depends greatly on what you're smoking. :-)
>
> Sorry, that should have been edited before I hit send. Hopefully you
> understood that cell phone users (who don't use hands free devices)
> are not only driving one handed, they aren't talking to a person in
> the car who is essentially another pair of eyes for them. I don't
> know about you, but if I'm not the driver.... I might as well be
> because I'm looking at the scenery from a defensive driving POV.
>

I've come to think that they still should offer cars like the old driver's
training cars that had 2 steering wheels and 2 sets of pedals. :-)

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Wayne Boatwright
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