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Originally Posted by highthief
With drinking and dirving, we play to a lowest common denominator rule - hell, many people can drive legally drunk better than a lot of people can drive sober, but we don't take the chance that this is the case. Everyone is held to the same minimum standard, as we know most people are significantly affected by alcohol.
With cell phones people are all affected - but some to a larger degree than others. Hence, a push for regulation of cell phone usage while driving.
Personally, I see no reason people need to yak on the phone while driving other than they want to. Pull over if you really have to talk.
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I would rather see the emphasis placed on teaching drivers the dangers of driving while distracted instead of enacting new laws banning these activities. I have taken about 10 cross country trips on my Harley and found that cell phone users are far more dangerous than drunk drivers (probably because there are more of them).
I see no reason why people can't drive and talk at the same time as long as they understand that the road comes first and requires their primary attention. I wonder if the test results would be better if this was drummed into the drivers ahead of time. I don't think many drivers even think about how much they are being distracted now.
I was driving the other day with my wife and we were having an interesting discussion. I looked up just in time to see the traffic stopped in front of me. A reminder just how dangerous not paying attention can be.