Harry K wrote:
> Dave Head wrote:
> > On 21 Jul 2005 00:24:00 GMT, Jim Yanik .> wrote:
> >
> > >Dave Head > wrote in
> > :
> > >
> > >
> > >> Just your wildly active imagination that everyone is going to
> > >> fly off the road and crash if they talk on a cell phone. Hey - if
> > >> driving is so damn dangerous, can I breath while I drive? How about
> > >> blink? This stuff is silly - the task isn't that hard. All you have
> > >> to do is know how to pay attention to the most important stuff while
> > >> incidentally doing some other stuff. It can be done, but has to be
> > >> practiced.
> > >>
> > >> Dave Head
> > >>
> > >>>Chris
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >You and many others fail to see the difference between talking on the CP in
> > >urban driving conditions,and on the open highways.
> >
> > Who said anything about urban/suburban/rural driving conditions? The
> > contention here by all the Safety Nazis / Chicken Littles is that we're all
> > gonna die if we talk on the CP while driving. If that weren't the case, they
> > wouldn't be advocating a nationwide ban on using cell phones in cars, which is
> > exactly where they've been taking this.
> >
> > Dave Head
>
> And I hope they succeed. There are enough idiots on the road who can't
> drive even without the distraction of yakking on a piece of ear candy.
> Your description of what you use one for is very illumative.
>
> Harry K

What about the people who are competent enough to walk and chew gum at
the same time? Are we to penalize them for the inability of others to
realize their limitations?

nate

....who literally could not do his job effectively without a CP. Yes I
use a headset whenever I'm away from the office.