http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/ Autoblog Comments for http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 3rd 2008 8:07PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 3rd 2008 8:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 3rd 2008 8:40PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 4th 2008 6:44AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/
Tell me... If I have my cell phone on speaker. What is the difference between that and talking to a passenger in the car?

In fact, it is SAFER to use a cell on speaker than to talk to a passenger. I bet you that when people talk to passengers in their car, they look over at them.

People can complain about others on cell phones all they want. I guarantee you they don't sit in their cars in silence when they have passengers.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 8:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/
In other words, FOCUS ON DRIVING.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 8:53PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 3rd 2008 10:59PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 4th 2008 4:48AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 4th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/
People...holding an object to your ear is not the problem...it is the act of engaging in a conversation that is killing people on our roads.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 8:46PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 3rd 2008 8:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 3rd 2008 11:59PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/
You are true that when you said "but rather the brain power that is being diverted from your reaction time to your conversation "

Now tell me, if you are having a conversation with your passenger, and occasionally looking over, are you not even MORE distracted than if you were talking to someone elsewhere over the phone?

Perhaps some of you don't know how the Onstar phone works. You push a button on the rearview mirror and say "Call 'name'" or "Dial 'xxx-xxx-xxxx'".

My whole point is that talking to a passenger in the car is even more distracting. Either way you are having a conversation and your brain is working. At least on a cell phone you have no one to look at or make hand gestures at.]]>Jan 4th 2008 3:25AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 4th 2008 4:06AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/
JD, right on the money!]]>Jan 4th 2008 12:29AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 3rd 2008 8:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/
Some people like to use hand gestures while talking to passengers as well.

My point is that people like to complain about cell phones, when talking to passengers is way more distracting.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 8:56PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2005/06/mythbusters_killer_brace_posit.html]]>Jan 3rd 2008 8:53PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/Jan 3rd 2008 8:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/more-common-sense-cellphones-make-you-a-bad-driver/
Person on the other end of a cell "Yap, yap, yap."]]>Jan 3rd 2008 9:11PM