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Originally Posted by willravel
Germans do take driving more seriously (cars in Germany don't have cup holders, what does that tel you?) than we do and the result is obvious. Less disctractions = less crashes.
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Two words... Senoran Desert. I agree with you in principle, but try driving through the desert with no beverage. Eek!
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Originally Posted by james t kirk
People should not be talking on cell phones and driving period.
It would be very easy to build in a jamming device into every car that would jam when the car was in gear and shut down when the car was in park.
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You crash. You're half dead. The car is jammed in gear but your cell is jammed because it's not in park. Yay death!
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Originally Posted by shakran
Blanket statements are rarely accurate. As I mentioned above, it's not the cell phones, it's the crappy drivers. Scapegoating various "distractions" is not going to change the fact that the majority of people out there have no clue how to drive well. Instead of sitting around bitching about phones and food and whatever else is supposedly a distraction, why don't we pressure our legislators to make driving education harder in the first place?
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The simple fact of the matter is, many studies conclude that cell phone conversations are as much a distraction as conversations with passengers. So that should be outlawed? What about kids in the back seat? I'm all about being a parent and making your kids behave, but you still have to have one eye on the rear view (looking at the kids) anyway. There's NO SUCH THING as distraction free driving. One thing that you watch so as to avoid an accident could cause an accident elsewhere. It's better to learn to be a better driver than to blame random bullshit and start making laws. *shrug* But, that's America these days...