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Thursday, June 09, 2005

Hands-free cell phones have little safety benefit - Jun. 9, 2005
This is one of those reports that you have got to say is intuitively obvious. We all know that driver distraction of any kind is the problem, not just evil cell phones. In the first place, why does the govenment feel it has to come into our cockpit to keep us from hurting ourselves? Leave us alone! But for gosh sake, if they do come in, please use LOGIC! Have you seen some of those hands-free rigs for cell phones? they have snakey wires, clips, velcro, magnetic holders, each piece ready to trigger a chaotic interlude reminiscent of W.C. Fields tangling with croquet wires. I bet the average driver controlls things pretty well with one hand, and might do with some encouragement to lessen these habits, but let's not push for another wave of intrusive do-good laws that would restrict us all, and may be based on governmental logic like the thinking that this cell phone issue shows
Hands-free cell phones have little safety benefit - Jun. 9, 2005

Tossed in by: R.G.B.
. . . Thursday, June 09, 2005

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Hands-free cell phones have little safety benefit - Jun. 9, 2005