"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 18:31:51 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
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>>>> On 6/9/2014 12:45 PM, sf wrote:
>>>> > On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:11:34 -0400, Nancy Young
>>>> > > wrote:
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>>>> >> On 6/9/2014 9:21 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> >>> Incidentally it is illegal here to use your cellphone while
>>>> >>> driving.
>>>> >>> Not that it seems to stop some people.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Clearly it's not stopping anyone here, either. Texting seems
>>>> >> to have replaced talking, for the most part.
>>>> >>
>>>> > Not sure why because every new car has bluetooth capability now and
>>>> > you can talk hands free.
>>>> >
>>>> Sure hope it's optional. I can't think of any reason to talk on the
>>>> phone, hands-free or not, while driving. It's still a distraction.
>>>> Gotta make a call? Pull over. My 2 cents.
>>>>
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>>> The point is that they don't need to take their hands off the steering
>>> wheel if they want to gab.
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>> It's still just as dangerous.
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> I don't think so. Is it any more dangerous than talking to your
> passengers?

Yes, much more. I posted links as to why. I don't have the links handy
now. I can remember screaming at my husband because I felt he was going to
rear end someone. He got angry at me because he was talking to someone from
work on his Bluetooth. I can't remember now what the conversation was about
but numbers. Time or amount or some such thing. He was having to
concentrate on the figures and I think he didn't see the person ahead of him
slam the brakes on. Which is why when he makes the calls, I ask him to pull
over. Another thing I have seen people do a lot of is in using the voice
recognition thing, they actually look at the steering wheel. It's like they
think they are talking to a real person.