A good data control might be from police vehicles. Surely all the
mounted laptops, dash cams, dash radar units, lowered roofline
allowing for internal light bars, radios, phones, switches, coffee,
Big Macs, high travel speeds for emergency responces and casual
driving, etc. explains why we see a police car in every ditch and with
a Ragued pedestrian or two (with stroller for effect) on every other
intersection. It's a wonder those guys, in spite of their advanced
skill and special training in holding a coffee while typing and knee-
driving ever make it out of the parking lot.
For the pedestrians like Constance and children everywhere we should
ban cars. Starting with police cars. And have you seen how busy
ambulances are inside? They should probably be next before we worry
about a dash gps.
There's a song playing on the radio these days with a line "god is
great, beer is good, and people are crazy." This sort of activity is
related to condo boards, isn't it?
cb via iphone.
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On Aug 6, 2009, at 21:59, rleesimon <[email protected]> wrote:
Because, quite simply, without data to compare drivers with and
without such
devices that you allege to be obscuring view and I infer causing
accidents,
we cannot conclude anything ...for cellphones the stats are in and
many
(including NJ and PA) have bans ...as a matter of fact, the NJ ban
prohibits
you from holding the device in your hand even if you have a
speakerphone,
and sellers must sell the fone with an earpiece. Gimme some stats,
man!!
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:43 PM
To: rleesimon
Subject: Re: Computer gadgets in cars
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:29 PM, rleesimon<[email protected]> wrote:
Seems2me I recall, many moons ago, I bought an old fashioned original
Passport radar detector (around 1980, was $300+ back then, but
after I got
nailed 3x in 1 week rushing to the hospital during my fellowship
while on
call, I bit the bullet...bought one offa ebay for the wife 2 yrs
ago for
$10
shipped) and around that time they published a set of data they had
commissioned by some independent organization showing drivers
having radar
detectors in use were more cautious and safer than the rest...I
think we
need a little data here, eh?
I do not see how the above relates to having devices on a windshield
that can interfere with the ability of a driver to see and/or to pay
attention to what's on the roadway.
Steve
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