tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post115644245511866807..comments2024-02-19T00:54:37.767-08:00Comments on The Columnist Manifesto: On the cell phone while drivingOscar Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05558650379298098292noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1156510215054142732006-08-25T05:50:00.000-07:002006-08-25T05:50:00.000-07:00It's got to be a combination of the talking and th...It's got to be a combination of the talking and the one-handed driving. But I do think talking on the phone is different mentally -- the process of visualizing a person on the other end of the line is a mental distraction you don't have while talking to someone in the car. Unless "someone" is an unruly kid in the back and the driver is half turning around and saying "stop it, or I'm gonna smack you!"Oscar Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558650379298098292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1156461372646833842006-08-24T16:16:00.000-07:002006-08-24T16:16:00.000-07:00If it's the talking that's the problem and not the...If it's the talking that's the problem and not the one-handed driving, then what about talking to someone who's in the car?<BR/><BR/>---<BR/>yyzrs - affirmative@wendydesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496827663647388930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1156456293263734842006-08-24T14:51:00.000-07:002006-08-24T14:51:00.000-07:00I read someplace that your reaction time to a traf...I read someplace that your reaction time to a traffice problem if you are on a cell phone is equal to a few stiff drinks.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155999413862242756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1156452635157400932006-08-24T13:50:00.000-07:002006-08-24T13:50:00.000-07:00I heard a news report that it's not so much the ho...I heard a news report that it's not so much the holding of the cell phone as it is the talking on the phone while driving that interferes with one's driving. So, driving while using an earphone thingy to talk on your cell phone is just as bad as holding the phone in your hand.<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to share that little detail.<BR/><BR/>(but I agree -- we need to stop the madness!)Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156140761362996117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1156444549559320862006-08-24T11:35:00.000-07:002006-08-24T11:35:00.000-07:00It gets worse. Some governments are making laws a...It gets worse. Some governments are making laws against driving and talking on your cell phone about the same time the Blackberry is gaining popularity.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155999413862242756noreply@blogger.com