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Automotive News & Views Should cell phone drivers be singled out?
3688 messages, Last post on Oct 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Oct 18, 2006 6:54 am) I've done that most of my life. Very few laws are of any value if not enforced. Face it most are not. I believe forcing seatbelt and helmet laws on us is much more a violation of civil liberties than stopping people from using a cell phone that could cause others harm.
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Replying to: wideglide (Oct 18, 2006 7:17 am)  Rocky
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 18, 2006 7:41 am) If you don't buckle up, you're stupid...it's an easy equation.
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Replying to: rockylee (Oct 18, 2006 7:43 am) I estimate that in 2007 there will 1,000 more crashes caused by drivers thinking about their next post on Edmunds.com. For the calendar year 2006, I estimated that there would only be 500 more crashes caused by this. Obviously, crashes caused by distracted Edmunds.com posters are increasingly dramatically. Wow, I should apply for a job at Harvard...
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Replying to: grbeck (Oct 18, 2006 8:12 am)  I have no doubt you'd make a great professor.  Rocky |
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Replying to: tpe (Oct 18, 2006 5:50 am) I have made cell phone calls on interstates in the past. One was for viewing a single vehichle rollover accident in front of me (maybe 300-400 ft ahead) at 60-65 mph (dry road, daylight) and having to slow down and move around to avoid wreckage loose parts being dispersed over road surface. Many other times for encountering debris in road (truck tire carcasses, lumber pieces, etc.). The calls were to *99 emergency. I always get over to the right lane first and get to slower but not obstructing speed. I can sense that my attention is being diverted in order to compose my thoughts, communicate, give location, etc and can feel a little incapacitated. I would guess that a greater amount of my attention is being diverted from driving for these situations then if I were idley chatting (which I don't do) on the interstate with a friend about last night's playoff game. I would like to know how one can determine what part of the 100 percent attention can be diverted to a cell call and then how to actually apply. Can one control the percent of attention (5, 10, 50, etc) that will be applied to a cell call and the rest to driving? Does some one know how to do that? When someone is making a cell call, can any test instruments actually measure what amount of brain is directed to driving and what amount to the call? If there is such a device, would it not be interesting if it were found that vast amount of "attention" and brain were involved in the call and a lesser amount to driving. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 18, 2006 7:41 am) Wonder if all those who are concerned with this matter would agree to an optional fee on their auto insurance premium. You could pay the standard amount or you could pay it plus an optional additional fee to cover medical fees for all those folks who don't wear belts/helmets for their "extra" injuries that could have been prevented. This optional amount could also help cover those injured in accidents caused by cell phone users. |
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 18, 2006 8:10 am)
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Replying to: tpe (Oct 18, 2006 8:31 am) I don't expect a straight answer about which liberties are being violated.
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Replying to: wideglide (Oct 18, 2006 7:09 am) Indeed just like when I had a walk signal and almost got hit by a young girl making a right turn. Was she on a cell phone? NO. Was she applying makeup? NO. was she reading a book? NO. What was she doing? Just driving and nothing else including paying attention. I saw nothing that was distracting this driver as she came within a foot of me as she made a right turn but I seriously doubt she saw me, or realized where I was. just remember; it only takes a second or two of inattention. Yep it just takes a second or two which can be taken up by changing radio stations (BTW when radios first appeared in cars people were all outraged saying it would distract drivers), checking directions, looking at your Nav system (hey if cell phones are outlawed they should get rid of nav systems too), reading a sign alongside a road, and on and on. Hey I almost got into trouble a few months ago when I took my eyes off the road and someone came out onto the street when my eyes were not focused on the road ahead of me. What was I doing you ask? I was looking to see if the lane next to me was clear in order to make a lane change. |
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