Gruss did you read the articles I posted? If so then you would have seen that they involved hands free systems, and they still showed significant performance degradations. The point is that cell phone use, with or without a hands free device means that too much of the driver's attention is taken up by the cell phone conversation.
Listening to music requires far less attentional resources than do cell phone conversations. larry On 3/13/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry wrote: > > 'Hands Free' Isn't Mind Free: Performing Even Easy Tasks Impairs Driving > > > > In other news, DUH. (no offense). Anybody that drives knows that > beverages, food, music, passengers, DVD players, hot babes/dudes on > the sidewalk, girls/dudes on motorcycles, etc all distract drivers. > > However holding, dialing, and other button pushing seems both > monsterously distracting and frequent. Therefore anything but > hand-free kit cell phones in cars should be banned. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199824 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
