Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Studies show people using a mobile phone whilst driving are as dangerous as drunk drivers. Even using hands free systems their driving ability is severely impaired - few people can concentrate on two things at once. It is illegal in most countries I visit nowadays, though the penalty is not as severe as drunkeness even if it statistically should be. Frank --- Adam Bridge <abridge@dcn.org> wrote: > On 5/21/04 <aaron.sandler@duke.edu (Aaron Sandler)> > thoughtfully wrote: > > > > >At least BD's subject was only walking at the time, > unlike the driver this > >morning who I only avoided by slamming on my > brakes. (She had started to > >make a right turn on red right into my path...while > she was talking on the > >phone.) I wish I could charge her for half of the > next replacement of my > >brake pads. > > > > In the past week drivers on cell phones have pulled > out into traffic (without > looking) at least three times in the past week. > > But worse, pedestrians talking on the phone have the > same thing! It's like the > conversation puts them in a different space that > doesn't involve things like > cars, trucks and bikes. > > But cyclists plugged into their iPods etc are just > as scary - losing aurel > contact with the world around them. Shuddering. > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information