Nope, studies have shown that talking on the phone is MUCH more distracting than talking to a passenger.
>From what I have read, your mind spends considerable time constructing a cognative model of the conversation that is going on. If the person is sitting next to you, your mind takes a shortcut, and uses your vision, ears, nose, touch to picture the person you are talking to. If they aren't there (on the other end of the phone), your mind STILL tries to build a mental image of who and where they are. Also, when you talk to someone, it is not just the voice that conveys the message. You look for visual clues, hand gestures, facial expressions. So when you are talking to someone sitting next to you, you glance over (when it is safe), to pick up extra info. On the phone, you need to concentrate more to pick up similar clues. The person sitting next to you also helps. They stop talking when the traffic gets close, when you are merging. And they gasp or tense up when you start losing your concentration. The person on the other end of the phone does not do this. Not the same at all, IMO. On 2/22/06, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the principal is that talking on a hands free is comparable to > chatting with a passenger, and unless you are going to ban passengers > (which > would really screw up taxi companies :) then it is hard to justify banning > the hands free phone. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197727 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
