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Facts? Phones are more dangerous ->
Posted by michael p (more from michael p) on Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:33:39
In Reply to: Facts? Phones are less dangerous>>, Tcar, Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:24:11
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While riding my motorcycle I am more tuned in to other drivers b/c of the higher risks involved if a crash. I notice in contrast how I tune-out while driving the box. By far the most dangerous 1.5 tons on the road is a cage and a cell phone. I can spot a cell phone driver from 1/2 mile away by the lane-drift of the car, the slow, no signal lane change, and usually driving too slow for conditions. Easily 80% of near misses on the cycle are with cell phone drivers. A person playing with the radio is distracted for a few seconds, a cell phone driver several minutes. The reports I have seen bear this out. The only time I used a cell phone driving, I realized that I did not remember how I got where I wound-up. Never again.
Standing on the platform waiting for the train in the morning, next to the expressway, I can see cagers on phones in the traffic, they all, without exception, have a blank stare, usually looking at the dash and not straight ahead (or, looking at some paper on which they are also writing). A drunk is dangerous because he is unconscious. A cell is dangerous because he thinks he is conscious, but is not. Hang up.
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Posts in this Thread:
- And a few facts about mobile phones ..., Caspar, Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:52:02
- Children, Sieglo, Thu, 4 Apr 2002 18:15:17
- Show me the money (numbers)!, Texron, Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:56:26
- yep, Liam, Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:43:36
- Facts? Phones are less dangerous>>, Tcar, Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:24:11
- Re: I can't wait for the study on chatty passengers, Jim, Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:14:56
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