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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 1581718" data-attributes="member: 4319"><p>Dude, I'll argue this until the end of time.</p><p></p><p>How is a cell phone different than a CB radio? Every trucker in the world has used one for decades, and a truck is a lot harder to drive than a car. Every emergency service vehicle uses radio com while driving too.</p><p></p><p>Every single time I've made a mistake while driving and nearly caused a wreck it was because my passenger was talking to me and distracted/startled me. Every single time, I can remember each incident clearly. They always seem to wait for the worst time to open their stupid mouths. If you drop the phone you can't hear it anymore. You can't drop a passenger that says "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SO FAR AS DECIDED TO LOOK MORE LIKE?" in heavy traffic. Oh, and the passenger floorboard foot stomp brakers and backseat drivers. Or the gaspers and clenchers.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying talking on the phone does not impair your driving or distract you compared to not talking on the phone. Clearly it does. What I'm saying is that talking to a passenger is AT LEAST equally distracting, if not more so. Most passengers are not gonna give you feedback like a codriver. Most of them are in their own little world and say whatever whenever, and have no clue what's going on around the car. Unless Parnelli Jones is riding shotgun with you or something.</p><p></p><p>Now texting is obviously more distracting and dangerous than all that combined.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 1581718, member: 4319"] Dude, I'll argue this until the end of time. How is a cell phone different than a CB radio? Every trucker in the world has used one for decades, and a truck is a lot harder to drive than a car. Every emergency service vehicle uses radio com while driving too. Every single time I've made a mistake while driving and nearly caused a wreck it was because my passenger was talking to me and distracted/startled me. Every single time, I can remember each incident clearly. They always seem to wait for the worst time to open their stupid mouths. If you drop the phone you can't hear it anymore. You can't drop a passenger that says "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SO FAR AS DECIDED TO LOOK MORE LIKE?" in heavy traffic. Oh, and the passenger floorboard foot stomp brakers and backseat drivers. Or the gaspers and clenchers. I'm not saying talking on the phone does not impair your driving or distract you compared to not talking on the phone. Clearly it does. What I'm saying is that talking to a passenger is AT LEAST equally distracting, if not more so. Most passengers are not gonna give you feedback like a codriver. Most of them are in their own little world and say whatever whenever, and have no clue what's going on around the car. Unless Parnelli Jones is riding shotgun with you or something. Now texting is obviously more distracting and dangerous than all that combined. [/QUOTE]
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