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Originally Posted by thro
It's nothing to do with the physical operation of the phone, its the mental facilities that are impaired, from you visualising concepts and the person on the other end that you're talking to, matching their tone of voice to emotions, etc.... this is why hands-free makes minimal difference... the button pressing/holding onto the phone, etc is NOT the problem.
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First and foremost I find it rather ironic that it one thread you'd advocate doing 100 over, and in another talk about how badly mental facilities are impaired by operating a mobile phone. If you're driving conservatively in the car to begin with say the speed limit and allowing 2-3 seconds gap between yourself and the car in front of you even if your mental facilities are impaired you have a reasonable amount of time to react. The problem is, as I've seen on many occasions the people who kind of stare off vacantly while operating the mobile phone.
This tells me they haven't had proper defensive driving training telling them to be constantly aware of other road users around them including the speed they are doing, the speed other vehicles around them are doing, the position of other vehicles on the road, potential hazards and the likes.
Again, this is something that can be taught, and not just so people can use their mobile without driving up the arse end of another car/off the road...
