XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <56689357$0$92848$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Patty Winter   
    wrote:   
      
   > >there are a *lot* of things that distract a driver. cellphones are just   
   > >one.   
   > >   
   > >the problem is idiot drivers who do not pay attention to what they're   
   > >doing.   
   > >   
   > >take away their cellphone and they'll keep on munching their big mac,   
   > >fiddling with the radio, putting on makeup or all sorts of other   
   > >non-driving related things.   
   >   
   > None of the other examples you gave require anywhere near the level   
   > of cognitive attention that a phone conversation does.   
      
   nonsense.   
      
   people can (and do) have cellphone conversations while seeing where   
   they are going.   
      
   > These days, fiddling with the radio doesn't require taking ones eyes   
   > off the road.   
      
   yes it does, unless you somehow magically know where the specific   
   button you want to press happens to be, or the cd you want to insert   
   happens to be.   
      
   > Neither does eating.   
      
   you must be kidding.   
      
   > Putting on makeup is dumb because   
   > it does require looking in the mirror.   
      
   yet nobody makes a fuss about that. only cellphones.   
      
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