Posted On: June 25, 2008, 12:56 pm CDT

Posted By: Fact Man

I have never gotten a ticket or an accident while talking on the phone in the car. Just as I hever have talking to people in the car. Many of the times it is simply to passengers, but what of the business calls. Ignore them...they must be made. Pulling over then getting rearended and/or killed is not the answer either. I have used the phone for over 10 years before they passed the hands free law in my state. Maybe I can see how it can help some, but it doesn't stop people from still holding the phone and talking. I still use the phone while driving and now am law compliant with the new law also. So what of the built in phone capability in the cars now? Are we going to lose that. Like the passive restraint seatbelt. Maybe we need to cut more things, why not? What is next no coffee or food? Maybe they should just close down all the fast food chains then. In the first week the hands free law came out, a man was killed after he pulled of the road and stopped his vehicle to comply with the law. It was amazing that a man could completely follow the new law and still be killed. Funny I thought he was suppose to be safe or at least safer. Maybe if he hadn't stopped he would still be alive today. Maybe we are not suppose to understand it like the never ending climb of gas in this country.
At work I also have to multitask all day long at a real job like most of us. I find the car conversations less taxing then the ones at my desk acutally. I am sure there are busier people who have been on the road a lot longer than me, who are also accident free. Bottom line is some people can, some people can't. It comes down to what you are used to. And what is your training and experience behind the wheel.