[ale] dialing on Android and driving will kill you and others.

[Richard Bronosky]

It's more dangerous to have a phone conversation for 2 reasons:
1. People born prior to 1990 have trained themselves to tune out their
surroundings while talking on the phone. This is because we used to
only be able to talk on the phone at home, and it used to be
considered rude to be watching TV or otherwise distracted. It's a
Pavlovian reaction. You can't turn it off.
2. When you are talking to someone in the car, they notice what is
going on around the vehicle and react. When you are on the phone, the
person on the other end unintentionally deceives you into thinking
that everything is okay because their situation is entirely different
than yours.

Point #1 is why handsfree devices are so important. Point #2 is why
handsfree devices aren't 100% effective.

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:21 AM, David Tomaschik
<david at systemoverlord.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Charles Shapiro
> <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6090342-7.html
>>
>> I think about this every time I bike on Atlanta streets.
>>
>> -- CHS
>>
>
> I'd really like a study to quantify the level of distraction of an
> in-car conversation vs. a cell phone conversation.  For the moment,
> let's exclude the obviously dangerous dialing period, and focus on the
> discussion.  Why is a discussion over a cell phone any worse than
> talking to the passenger next to you?  I've seen plenty of people who
> insist on turning their head to talk to their passenger in the car.
> (Yes, eye contact during a conversation is good, but not when it
> sacrifices eye contact with the road/other drivers.)
>
>
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