Driving with Cell Phones

I don't do it myself, but I'd like to share a bumper sticker that I saw:



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i like to drive by people who are talking on cell phones, get beside them and lay on the horn... :-D

It is more dangerous than driving legally drunk.

In Australia it is illegal and there are pretty heavy penalties.

the techn ology needs to be more "built into" the car, no hand sets,good quality speakers with noise rejection, voice command dialing, etc otherwise we will continue to have people plowing into other people while they are dialing the handset. There is a way to make cell tech work in a car. We all carry on conversations with passengers and the worst thing that happens is we miss a turn-off becausae we were yakking.
Im not against the technology, Im against the present form of it.

My personal favorite are the ones that take notes while talking and driving. I see someone on the phone, I get away from them as quickly as I can.

Agree with farmerman that high-quality, hands-free methods would help many people ...& solutions are already quite doable now (e.g. Microsoft sells Voice Command for their smartphones, etc., etc.).

I think outlawing cell phones while driving is silly though....In D.C. I'm legally allowed to drive while eating a hamburger, shaving & reading the newspaper simultaneously, but not use a cell phone. Dang it.

I think it's an extension of the bad driver. There's so many clueless people out there that have trouble operating an automobile to begin with...then throw a cell phone into the mix.

And I think if you're paying attention first to the road, THEN the phone, you can drive fine. I've yet to make a mistake because I was on the phone, but I've caught myself spacing out a bit, which is what causes the blunders.

I say, first rip licenses away from women, that's 1/2 the battle.

I often see a carpool minivan with the designatted driver tooling along witth the newspaper spread out over the steering wheel while hes PASSING ME. Nobody in the minivan (victims) seem to be giving him a host of ****

If I were in that car, the driver would be given an opportunity to fully test the entire breadth of the benefits his healtth insurance affords him. cause I would beat his ass within a pinch of extinction.