Cell phones and driving safely are not mutually exclusive. It's the same as
reaching for a map while driving. What people forget is that the consequences for
switching mindsets from driving to doing something else while driving are
devastating. Folks just have to remember that their primary task is driving, and
no conversation is more important than driving. When driving begins to get too
complex to talk, the phone gets dropped.
If folks could remember that, it wouldn't be such a problem. As I recall, auto
insurance rates for smokers is higher for the very same reasons. I'd expect that
the next thing that insurance companies will ask is whether or not you have a phone
in your car!
Roger
Dave Huffman wrote:
> I too carry a cell phone... but I was startled to hear the Car Guys discussing
> the terrible statistics on the dangers of using cell phones WHILE DRIVING: in
> short, accidents are as common among drivers using cell phones as among drunks!
> Further surprise: hands-off cell phones don't seem to be any safer!
> So using them for emergencies is fine, but we should pull off the road if we
> intend to chat while driving.
> Huff
>
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> Dana Kelley wrote:
>
> > Ray,
> > I've heard Sprint has something like you only have to pay for what you use.
> > Also, the bag phone is the only way to go if you really want to make sure
> > you can get out to make a call. We have 2 of the new digital/analog phones,
> > I think are .4(four tenths of a watt). The bag phones are 4 watts (four full
> > watts.) A lot stronger and signals stronger. My husband used to travel all
> > over the country and he had the bag. The other little new thing (Nokia) that
> > you carry around in your pocket is very weak. Oh their great if you just
> > stay in your service area (of about 200 miles or so) But if you go off like
> > we do, you could buy the hands off package about $225 installed(something
> > like that) from these places like GTE or any other place that sells the
> > little cell phones. It's a system that's wired into your car and you just
> > put your little phone in the holder and your reception is much greater. You
> > can also hand carry the phone, but you don't have that extra power when you
> > take it out of the holder. Talk to these places that sell the phones to see
> > if you can only buy the minutes. They might even sell the used bag phones.
> > I know Radio Shack has something that you just buy the minutes you need, and
> > I think it's Sprint.
> > DSK in TEXAS
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Flanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
