XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <56687576$0$92849$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Patty Winter   
    wrote:   
      
   > >>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.   
      
   that's a bullshit excuse.   
      
   a person using a cellphone while driving can toss the phone on the seat   
   if conditions warrant.   
      
   the person at the other end of the call does not need to see anything.   
   they'll wonder what's going on, but that's about it.   
      
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