Brent P wrote:
>
> In article >, Pete C. wrote:
>
> > As far as text messaging goes, a "beginner" will do the hunt and peck
> > thing when messaging. An experiences messager can type accurately and
> > without requiring excessive attention while holding the phone behind
> > their back. It's no different than typing on a regular keyboard (or
> > driving a manual transmission for that matter). Once you learn it it
> > becomes automatic and the only thing you think about is content, not how
> > to type it.
>
> Bull and ****. I had to have one of those damn keyboard text pagers at my
> previous employer. They let me keep it actually. There is no way that can
> be done safely while driving. Not at all.
>
> > You only need the phone in your view to read incoming messages, and when
> > you hold the phone at arms length on top of the dashboard it is no more
> > of a distraction than reading the street signs you are passing. Where
> > people get in trouble is holding the phone in their lap and looking
> > down.
>
> Hold out over the top of the dashboard... A road sign doesn't take any
> effort, they are put in plain sight and are made so they can be computed
> without taking time to read. A text pager takes considerably more
> attention to read and respond to.

We aren't talking a text pager here, we are talking text messaging on a
cell phone. It is an entirely different thing due to the small number of
keys involved while allows for one handed operation.

Pete C.