From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message   
   news:lp3jvl$o5b$1@dont-email.me...   
   > On 01-Jul-14 16:26, Calvin Henry-Cotnam wrote:   
   >> I totally agree with this. By extension, this is why I believe that   
   >> use of a cell phone by the driver of any vehicle while the vehicle is   
   >> in motion (and to a lesser extent if it is stopped but in traffic)   
   >> should be illegal - hands free or not.   
   >>   
   >> It is not the use of the handset that is the distraction, it is the   
   >> conversation that one has on the phone. This is NOT the same as a   
   >> conversation with a passenger present in the vehicle.   
   >   
   > Actually, studies show that the accident rate is just as high when the   
   > driver is having a conversation with someone in the car as with someone   
   > on the other end of a phone call.  And both are roughly equivalent to   
   > driving while drunk.   
   >   
   > S   
      
      
   Do you use that line when you want your wife to shut up?  Or is that just   
   for usenet?   
      
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