how is talking while driving bad?

Question

your eyes are on the road more when your on the phone than anything. who tries to tune the radio while their on the phone, read the paper when your on the phone. bend over the seat to yell at their kids, talk to ANYONE in the car and make eye contact. wouldnt it be safer to not do anything at all, not even blink when you drive, because an accident can happen in a blink right?

i did not put a question that i knew what the answer would be. i wanted to see how many people would aggree that talking on the phone is as dangerous as doing anything else while driving. you asswipe rob.

Answer 1

I agree I live in NY where they just enacted the "no handheld phone" ban which I feel is completely unwarranted and ridiculous. Like you said people change radio stations, have conversations with their passengers and all other weird things (god knows I've eaten a KFC platter while driving with my knee to school). The fact of the matter is that if your brain doesn't have the facilities to process holding a 6 oz. piece of plastic to your ear while maintaining a balanced equilibrium enabling one to steer a wheel you probably shouldn't be driving in the first place. I feel that checking the speedometer or sneezing is a much more dangerous driving activity than speaking on a hand held cell phone. Because honestly, who drives at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel without either a neurotic parent sitting next to them, while taking a road test or while a police car is behind you. It's just not realistic and therefore I don't follow that law. I hear their outlawing walking and chewing gum next....

Answer 2

I see where you are going with this, whononie, and I tend to agree with most of your points.

Distracted drivers is the leading cause of accidents seconded only by alcohol related crashes.

That being said, is a cell phone more distracting than a CB Radio? How about conversations with other passengers? Eating? Drinking? Adjusting your Radio/GPS/Air Conditioning? How about fooling around with a blackberry or PDA? Really THINK about that for a minute. Good grief, I have seen people trying to read a map while barreling down the expressway! Which do you think is more dangerous?

Now think about this...

Would it be fair to say that at least 1 in 5 drivers talk on a cell phone while driving nowadays? Are there a lot of poor drivers on the road? Is it safe to say that 1 in 5 poor drivers talk on a cell phone while driving? (Do you see where I am going with this?) People see poor driving, then people see the cell phone, so they conclude that the poor driving the fault of the phone.

My state has no such law and that will probably change someday soon. However, no amount of laws are going to remove all of the distractions that driver's face or remove "bad drivers" from the highway. To be a good driver, you have to put the priority of the road ahead of everything else. Is it possible to talk on a phone, to a passenger, or to ONSTAR, while driving safely? I say yes for most people. For those that can't handle it, then they need to be smart enough to limit thier own distractions without us having to pass a law about it. If they aren't smart enough, do you really think another law is going to make any difference?

Answer 3

Its really not so much the talking... Its the dialing, checking text messages, looking up contacts, pretty much anything you can do with your phone besides talking on it. I'll be honest and say that the amount of people who I see on a daily basis who talk on the phone and attempt to "drive" is hilarious. Some of them I wonder how they find their way home at night.

Voice activated BlueTooth technology is the way to go if you ABSOLUTELY MUST carry on a lengthy conversation in your car while driving. I will agree that most everyone IS IN FACT capable of a SHORT, direct conversation that lasts no longer than 3-5 minutes while driving. It is the minority of people who get on the phone immediately after turning on their car because they get bored while driving, need to conduct an obscene amount of business or carry on in an emotionally comlex conversation while behind the wheel that are a threat and danger to the rest of the public.

I have posted a few harsh comments before on this topic and still maintain that by and large cell phones and driving don't mix for the most part, hopefully some of the statements I have made in this answer will qualify that for everyone.

Answer 4

If drivers would use a Hands-Free set with their cells, I think the laws would be less likely to infringe upon our rights. Unfortunately, many don't, because they believe they can be 100% focused on the road and other drivers while talking, reading the paper, applying makeup, eating breakfast, etc. An accident does happen within a blink of the eye and anytime a driver has something other than his/her hands on the wheel is distracted. It's this distraction that has lawmakers concerned.

Answer 5

The human brain cannot concentrate on more than one thing at a time. Forget the crap about "multitasking"- it doesn't exist. Your brain works the same as a computer chip, in that it consciously processes one piece of information at a time, switching between scenarios.

Your car is a complicated, multi-ton lethal weapon. It takes experience and coordination as well as foresight and attention to your surroundings. Your license is a legal document that says you have taken the responsibility to be in control of said weapon AT ALL TIMES.

During a phone conversation, your mind is not always thinking about checking your mirrors before not signaling and pulling into another car.

The people I see weaving down the road, driving slowly in the left lane, and not use their signals are ON THE PHONE.

If you use the phone while driving, you are a cancer on society and should be shot.

Answer 6

You can try and justify it all you want. But when a woman who is on the phone pulls right out in front of me and makes a right hand turn without seeing a 4X4 full size truck, tells me that talking on the phone is dangerous. She had the phone up to her ear and her hand on the phone and blocked he view. Luckily I saw she was on the phone and I keep an eye on her and avoided the accident. It is unsafe, and not worth being killed or injured for something so stupid.

Answer 7

Because you are distracted most of the time when you talk on the phone you are doing two things at once. You are not very smart for putting up a question like this you already know what the answer is going to be.

Answer 8

have you ever tried doing two things at once? not that easy! your eyes may be on the road but your focus is on the person you are talking to. you can be focused on the road but then you wont be able to get into your head what you friend is saying to you. its very dangerous and don't try it!

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Driving requires complete att ension.. A car can be a lethal weapon..