On Thursday 23 August 2007, Merrill Oveson wrote: > Studies has shown that the passenger next to the driver in the car actually > assists the driver. > He/she will notice potentially dangerous situations and alert the driver. > The conversation will also pause if the driver is performing an action > which requires a lot of attention, i.e. turning left at a light, passing > other vehicles, merging, etc. The driver gets no such help, only a huge > distraction from someone on the other end of a cell phone (that person > simply has no idea what the driver is experiencing.)
This all makes sense, and I agree about distracted driving. Still, all this attention on cell phones makes me wonder, why has this same issue not surfaced regarding the police and their radios, or truckers and their CBs during the past 30 years? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
