XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: patty1@wintertime.com   
      
   In article ,   
   (PeteCresswell)  wrote:   
   >Per Paul M. Cook:   
   >>Is there a functional difference between talking & talking-on-a-cellphone   
   >>when you compare it to distractedness?   
   >   
   >I would say "Yes".   
   >   
   >The difference being whether-or-not the person on the other side of the   
   >conversation is in on a covenant that says "Driving comes first".   
      
   When you're talking with another person who's in the car with you,   
   they can see when a potentially dangerous situation is arising (e.g.   
   brakelights ahead on the freeway) and shut up. That isn't true of   
   someone at the other end of a cellphone conversation.   
      
      
   Patty   
      
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