On 6/21/2014 10:21 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/21/2014 10:13 AM, James Silverton wrote:

>> I know it's claimed otherwise but I can't see why hands-free talking
>> should be worse than talking to a passenger.
>>
> We've been over this. A passenger is a second set of eyes. The person
> on the phone doesn't know the car ahead of you just slammed on their
> brakes or that some idiot just cut in front of you.

How many times have you seen the thousand yard stare of someone
on the phone, they barely notice anyone around them.

I liked the part in the article where he said:

-When driving with no distractions, I managed a fairly constant gap but
-while speaking on the hands-free, I yo-yoed back and forth wildly.

Yeah, we see you. Probably the same people who insist it's all
the other people who can't handle talking on the phone and
driving.

nancy