12-15-2011, 02:55 AM
mattkime wrote:
... there is plenty of evidence that talking (yes, even hands free!) causes a considerable amount of distraction. its just not like talking to someone in the car.
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I not only agree, I even take one step further. I never have a serious conversation with my wife while I am driving, I want to focus at the road. I avoided many accidents. Today I was able to avoid two deers jumping out of the bushes. Last weekend I avoided a driver who stopped at the stop sign at a "T" intersection , and then decided to proceed, even though I was coming from from the main road, going straight and no STOP sign for me. I braked and stopped, the other car was also stopped now but only 1 feet clearance. If I were a split second late I would have hit her driver's door.
yeah, even listening to voice mail on the hand free cell phone can be distracting to some people.