Not in favor of a ban, but interesting research from our area!
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local ... 75410.html
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SuperJon wrote:a woman locally with your same exxact same response in the paper killed a family of 3 because she was texting while driving...Knucklehead wrote:I drive with one hand anyways. I don't have to look at the phone to text message. I'm still looking at the road, I'm still driving with my hands, why is that so bad?SuperJon wrote:I talk on the phone while driving just fine.NIMROD!
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SuperJon wrote: I love dc Talk.
scuzdriver wrote:If you think about it, you are actually a better driver when using the cell for talking or texting while driving. When I'm just driving I'm probably day dreaming about something and barely paying attention. But driving while on the phone I concentrate that much more to make sure I don't do something stupid. So really it's much safer to use your phone and drive. A bonus to that is switching radio stations frequently while on the phone!every study ever done on the subject says you are wrong. even mythbusters proved it.
SuperJon wrote: I love dc Talk.
RubberMallet wrote:And mythbusters can prove ANYTHING.scuzdriver wrote:If you think about it, you are actually a better driver when using the cell for talking or texting while driving. When I'm just driving I'm probably day dreaming about something and barely paying attention. But driving while on the phone I concentrate that much more to make sure I don't do something stupid. So really it's much safer to use your phone and drive. A bonus to that is switching radio stations frequently while on the phone!every study ever done on the subject says you are wrong. even mythbusters proved it.
SuperJon wrote:We're not building a 60,000 seat stadium. We're building a 30,000 seat stadium. The 60,000 number is when our grandkids have grandkids at Liberty.
RubberMallet wrote:every study ever done on the subject says you are wrong. even mythbusters proved it.[/quotescuzdriver wrote:If you think about it, you are actually a better driver when using the cell for talking or texting while driving. When I'm just driving I'm probably day dreaming about something and barely paying attention. But driving while on the phone I concentrate that much more to make sure I don't do something stupid. So really it's much safer to use your phone and drive. A bonus to that is switching radio stations frequently while on the phone!
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