XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: x@y.Invalid   
      
   Per tlvp:   
   >Actually, most drivers wisely attempt, as much as possible, to refrain from   
   >using their cellphones while driving, lest their attention become diverted   
   >from job one, which is: *driving* :-)   
      
   I wonder if that might be a factor in Paul's observation that there has   
   not been rise in accidents to match the rise in cell phone use ?   
      
   i.e. Lots of people use cell phones, but people like me - who really   
   *are* driving-impaired when using them - mostly refrain from using them.   
      
   That would resolve the apparent contradiction between studies which show   
   lessened driving ability while using a cell phone and Paul's observation   
   of no increase in accidents.   
      
   NB: I am *not* yet accepting that observation as correct.... but I have   
   to grant that he raises an issue that needs to be resolved.   
      
   The "Driving-Is-Really-Easy" argument is attractive.... but the   
   consequences of failure in even such a simple task are so great that it   
   does not move me..... and I've had one experience of being run on to the   
   shoulder and another one on my bike where I would have been killed if I   
   had not taken evasive action.....   
      
   Also, a guy I used to windsurf with got killed a couple years back:  A   
   pickup truck mowed him down from the rear at highway speed in broad   
   daylight while he was riding on a wide and clear shoulder..... and it   
   seemed probable that cell phone use was the root cause.   
   --   
   Pete Cresswell   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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