XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/09/2015 10:39 AM, 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.   
      
   The few (2, maybe;  certainly 1) times I've used it while driving I can   
   feel my peripheral vision narrowing down.  I'm sure it's an attention   
   thing, not a physical thing, but it's real nonetheless.   
      
   On the phone there is a certain requirement that you keep up your end of   
   the conversation;  not so much in person, and longer silences are   
   acceptable.  I rarely talk while driving because I tend to go on   
   auto-pilot regarding my destination and miss my turnoff.   
      
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