XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <566892a2$0$92848$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Patty Winter   
    wrote:   
      
   > >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.   
   >   
   > Excellent point. On the phone, someone is always talking (unless you're   
   > on hold). The distraction is constant--and it doesn't immediately stop   
   > if there's an issue on the road.   
      
   i don't know what kind of calls you have but lots of people pause for   
   all sorts of reasons.   
      
   as i said before, if driving conditions warrant, toss the phone and   
   concentrate on the driving. if the other person is left wondering   
   what's going on, too damned bad.   
      
   > I've even experienced that at home. I was on the phone to a friend back   
   > East one day when we had the latest in a morning-long series of earth-   
   > quakes. She was talking and didn't hear me say, "Hang on...wait." That   
   > inherent lack of awareness of local events by the person on the other end   
   > of the phone can have much worse consequences when you're driving a car.   
      
   why does it matter if she heard you or not? toss the phone and take   
   cover. you can always explain *later* what happened.   
      
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