On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:21:12 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 4/30/2018 11:42 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2018-04-30 10:20 AM, wrote:
>>> On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 09:51:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>> Every see a very bad car crash? Turn your phone off while
>>>> driving.
>>>
>>> So when you have passengers, you don't talk to them??
>>
>> When you have passengers with you your attention is not being sucked
>> away from driving. The passenger is an extra set of eyes.
>>
>>
>>
>In addition, when traffic suddenly changes, you can readily stop the
>conversation as will the passenger. Phones don't work the same.
>
>There are times a simple "what's for dinner" call is not a big deal but
>trying to do a tech service call can take a lot of brain power.
>
>As for seeing a bad crash, I heard one on the road in back of me. Young
>lady had phone in hand when killed in a head-on.

I don't have mine in hand and yes I do stop talking if there is the
need, the other person knows I am driving just as a passenger would.