XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   Patty Winter  wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Shhh, Patty! You are making common sense observations, and that's frowned   
   upon here. ; )   
      
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