Why is it considered more dangerous to talk on a mobile, than to the person sitting next to you in your car?

Question

OK..let it be said, first of all, I don't talk on my phone while I am driving. Does anyone out there think that it is almost as distracting to be engaged in animated conversation with someone who is actually in the car...why is a phone that much more dangerous?...don't get me started on how bloody distracting kids in the car are.

Answer 1

It can be almost as dangerous, but with a person in the car there is an extra set of eyes, and an extra voice to scream watch out. You don't get that over a cellphone.

I drove for a living, Delivering pizzas, and I totaled a car while being directed to an appartment building on my cell phone, I didn't see the person behind me trying to pass on my left and I started making a left turn. Normally I would have stopped and looked before turning, but I was wrapped up in looking for the customer who was waving at me outside their poorly numbered building.

As a delivery driver and as a taxi driver, I've spent as much time behind the wheel in a month as you would in a year. perhaps 2. Cellphones are a major distraction, especially when you don't know what another car might do.

Answer 2

The person sitting alongside is visible, and its a conversation, that even he may interrupt if he sees traffic block, or some dangerous situation, like seeing from the corner of the eye a child just about to cross in front of the car.

While talking on the mobile, the mind is not attentive on the road, but more on the conversation with the invisible person.

Difference between conversation with ()a person present and
(b)talking on mobile:

(a) mind and body both in the vehicle.
(b) body in vehicle, mind astraying.

Please avoid using the mobile while driving.

Answer 3

Most people will look at their phone to dial, and they hold the phone with one hand. That means that both hands are not on the wheel. It's been stated that phones do contribute to a lot of accidents. You must remember that you have all kinds of fools out there driving, just like athletes, some are better then others.

Good Luck

Answer 4

Even with hands free headset, it is more dangerous to be talking on the phone while driving than to the person next to you simply because you can see the expression on the persons face next to you and how they are reacting to what you are telling them rather than concentrating more on their voice to find traces of inflections. It is an interaction thing
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Answer 5

i favor to talk with people on the plane. yet i'm very outgoing and pleasant. even as a women persons does no longer talk you imagine of they're stuck up or that they assume each guy is making an attempt to make time with them. I frequently ideal into the communication say i'm thankfully married with toddlers. Then they be conscious of you're genuinely no longer attempting to get sparkling with them or what ever they call it.

Answer 6

if you notice and u can try it, while you are talking on the phone you are not aware of many things, for ex try it on someone talking on the mobile give him anything it will take it without sayin anything because all the focus will be on hearing what's on the phone and everything else is not important

Answer 7

One hand on the phone only leaves one for driving... very dangerous.

Answer 8

The main difference is that with a cellphone to your ear, you only have one hand on the steering wheel. Not only are you paying less attention, you also have less control over your steering.

Answer 9

http://blogs.smh.com.au/newsblog/archives/frankenstein/004489.html

Answer 10

http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_rdsafety/documents/page/dft_rdsafety_025216.hcsp