Re: No fault cell phone law

On 3/20/24 8:33 AM, AJL wrote:

On 3/20/24 6:17 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
 

Over here, the law says it is forbidden to use a phone while driving, without a hands free system. And even with such a system it recommends to keep the conversation to a minimum, and is justified by causing accidents.

Fine with me. The one time I did it I could actually FEEL my peripheral perception closing down.  It's fortunate that I rarely need to use the phone in the car, and when I do I pull over and stop.

  Does it recommend keeping conversation with passengers to a minimum also?
  When hearing that warning I often wondered why they weren't also included.
  They are perhaps more dangerous since folks sometimes glance sideways at
  their passenger while talking...

I never look at my passenger and it drives me nuts when I see the driver looking at the passenger in movies.  Like seeing an open refrigerator door.  I don't even like talking while driving -- I've missed far too many turnoffs when I was chatting.  Our internal autopilot works entirely too well.
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