From: ahk@chinet.com  
    
  Stephen Sprunk  wrote:  
  >On 03-Jul-14 09:39, Adam H. Kerman wrote:  
  >>Stephen Sprunk  wrote:  
  >>>On 01-Jul-14 16:26, Calvin Henry-Cotnam wrote:  
    
  >>>>It is not the use of the handset that is the distraction, it is  
  >>>>the conversation that one has on the phone. This is NOT the same  
  >>>>as a conversation with a passenger present in the vehicle.  
    
  >>>Actually, studies show that the accident rate is just as high when  
  >>>the driver is having a conversation with someone in the car as with  
  >>>someone on the other end of a phone call.  
    
  >>No, they don't. It's possible for the other passenger in the care to  
  >>notice whatever the driver failed to pay attention to and shut the  
  >>fuck up in time for the driver to resume driving attentively and  
  >>avoid the collision. That's not the case with a remote caller.  
    
  >The issue is not listening; there is _no_ adverse effect from radio  
  >usage, for instance.  So the passenger (or caller) shutting up doesn't  
  >matter.  In fact, it might make things worse because then the driver  
  >gets distracted by responding.  
    
  I'm thinking that the passenger would point out what the driver failed  
  to notice, then shut the fuck up.  
    
  --- SoupGate/W32 v1.03  
   * Origin: LiveWire BBS -=*=- UseNet FTN Gateway (1:2320/1)