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05-24-2007, 09:41 AM
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Do as I say, not as I do.
Elitist Democrat Senator Migden rear-ends Honda whilst talking on cellphone.
Ooooohhhh....the irony of it......:RockOn - not mine:
Originally Posted by SJ Mercury News
State Sen Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, accepted blame Friday for a minor car accident that occurred when she reached for her cell phone while driving through Solano County to Marin....
...Migden last year voted for a new law that takes effect in July 2008 that will impose a minimum fine of $20 for anyone caught using a cell phone while driving without a headset, ear bud or other technology that frees both hands.
...Migden last year voted for a new law that takes effect in July 2008 that will impose a minimum fine of $20 for anyone caught using a cell phone while driving without a headset, ear bud or other technology that frees both hands.
05-24-2007, 11:11 AM
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Mythbusters (not that they are a credible source) showed that it was the act of carrying on a conversation, not the having one hand in use, that cause poor driving. By this theory, a headset or earbud wouldn't do anything to reduce accidents.
05-24-2007, 11:33 AM
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Maybe not, but when you're only giving a tour (read:not working), just pushed a new click-it-or-ticket campaign, and you know press will be all over the place, it's probably not a bad idea.
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I saw a study about this. You/they are right- using your hands is not the distraction. Carrying on a conversation over the phone (and sometimes even with passengers) diverts parts of your visual cortex from the task of watching what you're doing. They proved this by tracking people's eye movements; normal, attentive drivers move their eyes around, checking their mirrors and scanning ahead and to the sides of the road they are approaching. Distracted drivers get "tunnel vision" where their eyes are virtually locked dead ahead on the road, and are probably not actually "seeing" what's in front of them as much as they are visualizing whatever they are talking about or listening about. It's analagous to having a TV or radio on in the background that you are montoring for certain sounds (or which can simply grab your attention back with certain words or sounds).
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