Driving while talking on a cell phone

RollnROCK89i wrote: But what I'm wondering is, is talking on a cell phone any different than having a conversation with someone in your car?

I've heard that it is.

Apu wrote: For me it doesn't really seem to distract me more, but I usually start paying attention to the road and not the conversation and start to fade out of it.

see for some people its the opposite, they start to pay morw attention to the convo and the roads fades out

RollnROCK89i wrote: Benjichang wrote: RollnROCK89i wrote: But what I'm wondering is, is talking on a cell phone any different than having a conversation with someone in your car? I've heard that it is. Thats what I'm wondering, if it is different, and how it is different.

It's different, because while having a conversation on a cell phone, trying to hear the person is harder, and you're more intent on listening and trying to figure out what they just said on the cell phone, rather than driving, because the signal isn't always the best, also you can only hear out of one small part, which you're really focused on that, rather than driving.  Also, you're trying to keep the cellphone up on your ear, as well as driving.  Doing that all at the same time, your mind will tend to drift off into the conversation that is going through one ear, and all that muti-tasking can be bad. 

Now if someone is in the car, it's a whole different story, you just listen, you don't try to hold up something to hear them, you just sit there normally driving, while staring ahead.  This is really easy, and you can hear them clearly, so you don't have to sit there and think about what they just said.

I dont do it anymore, now that I got a manual transmission.

 

In my area we recently had a woman run over two small children on US1 while talking on her cell phone... You can't tell me it had nothing to do with it. If she were paying attention to what she was supposed to be doing instead of running her mouth, those two kids would have went home that day. i hope to see driving while talking on a cell outlawed in ALL states real soon!

Tae Kwon Do wrote: I dont do it anymore, now that I got a manual transmission.

i had a 5 speed escort and i had no problem shifting, talking on the phone, eating a burger, and drinking a soda at the same time...you just gotta find somewhere to set the soda, drive with your knees, and dont actually hold the shifter...just sorta bump it around with your burger hand...

it works...but not well

Pfft, we all saw some road head during a traffic jam last week and yep the dude was on the phone. 

I never talk on a phone while driving. Not worth the risk.

If you are too stupid to know which needs more attention - the road or the conversation - you deserve to wreck.

I really don't see how it is that hard.  I for one can text message and drive at the same time, and quite well at that, so if you can't simply hold a conversation and drive it is rather sad.

Newport, I honestly do have just as much control with one hand.  I have my hand at the top of the wheel and when I need to turn I turn with my palm.  Hard to explain, but not to do.

brihard wrote: Apotheosis wrote: If you are too stupid to know which needs more attention - the road or the conversation - you deserve to wreck. I really don't see how it is that hard.  I for one can text message and drive at the same time, and quite well at that, so if you can't simply hold a conversation and drive it is rather sad. Newport, I honestly do have just as much control with one hand.  I have my hand at the top of the wheel and when I need to turn I turn with my palm.  Hard to explain, but not to do. Clearly someone with no education whatsoever in cognitive psych...

I don't claim to have education period.  Much less in cognative sike.


Edited by Apotheosis - 22 May 2006 at 5:34pm