From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >On 03-Jul-14 09:39, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >>>On 01-Jul-14 16:26, Calvin Henry-Cotnam wrote:   
      
   >>>>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.   
      
   >>No, they don't. It's possible for the other passenger in the care to   
   >>notice whatever the driver failed to pay attention to and shut the   
   >>fuck up in time for the driver to resume driving attentively and   
   >>avoid the collision. That's not the case with a remote caller.   
      
   >The issue is not listening; there is _no_ adverse effect from radio   
   >usage, for instance.  So the passenger (or caller) shutting up doesn't   
   >matter.  In fact, it might make things worse because then the driver   
   >gets distracted by responding.   
      
   I'm thinking that the passenger would point out what the driver failed   
   to notice, then shut the fuck up.   
      
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