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"ric carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> @ SHOULD WE BAN MULLING WHILE DRIVING? Studies have shown that driving with
> two hands isn't necessarily safer than driving with one - and more accidents
> occur after a cell phone call and not during it. So maybe it's the "mulling
> it over" that is dangerous - so should we outlaw mulling? Or outlaw driving?
> http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13058
>
> @ WHAT, BESIDES CELL PHONES, DISTRACTS DRIVERS? Clearly, cell phones are not
> the only distractions - there are also passengers, children, eating, putting
> on makeup. If we really wanted to make everyone super safe, we would require
> everyone in a car to wear a helmet. So all those do-gooders out there who
> want to help - that's what will help. Or wrap all car passengers in cotton.
> http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13060
>
> : Do you mull hazardously? Does an alien implant interfere with your driving
> or does it focus you, make you a better driver? If The Rapture occurs while
> you're talking on your cellphone, would you notice? Who'll get your car?
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First, who conducted the studies on whether talking on cell phones increased
the accident rate? I'll bet it was somebody like Nokia or Motorola, which
automatically biased the study. Yes, I know there are a lot of other things
that can cause accidents--I once caused one hell of a collision by taking my
eyes off the road for a split-second to tune the radio, so I'd be the last to
deny that. People do all sorts of shit in their cars that they shouldn't--they
shave, dry their hair, put on makeup, read the newspaper (WHILE
DRIVING!!!--the idiot actually spread the paper over the steering wheel while
the friggin' car was moving!!!). They pick their noses, as if the windshield
was one-way glass. I'm surprised they don't...well, you can guess, but there's
probably somebody who does. The key here is something my sainted father taught
me long years ago: if your eyes leave the road, so will the car. Keep your
hands on the wheel and your eyes pointing ahead. If you're talking to a
passenger, DON'T turn your head to look at them. DON'T wave your hands. DON'T
take both hands off the steering wheel to play the recorder while going 50
m.p.h., as a very dear but *strange* friend of mine once did. You get the
idea.
Bob
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