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Originally Posted by kurty[B]
As a kid one of my friend's parents would drive us to various destinations. He liked to talk to you the whole time of course. I did not have a problem with this, both his hands were on the wheel. My problem was that he's the type of person who has to make eye contact with you when talking to you. He would OFTEN turn all the way around to look at us in the back and talk to us. Occassionally, I'd freak out and yell "STOP SIGN!" before we went through an intersection.
Being in the car with him was scary enough, knowing there is more drivers like that on the road is even scarier.
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My mother in law is just like this. I detest riding in the car with her and only do it as a last resort. She rear ended someone recently actually, and I'm sure its because she was on the phone or looking through her purse or just not paying attention. She has almost caused an accident with me in the car several times.
I don't know if cell phone use makes a younger driver as slow as an older one, but I do know that I see jackass behavior on the road all the time while a driver is yakking away on a phone.