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Did you Californians get your head-sets?

All the research seems to say that it's not holding the phone that causes problems but engaging in conversations that is the real distraction.

None-the-less, hand-held cell phone chatting while driving is now illegal in California.

I'm thinking that rather than try and illegalize our drive-time activities we just need to automate our automobiles. Why are we not yet able to simply program our cars to take us to our destination...safely. Seems like something we'd have up and running by now. I blame the Bush administration.

Ohhhh, Red's feelin' feisty this morning!

I want cars like in Demolition Man.

Nexa

5 minutes after leaving the house this morning, my wife called me on my cell phone. To tell me not to talk on my cell phone in the car. I love that woman.



Actually she called to ***** at me for forgetting to pick up coffee creamer on my way home from the gym.

We don't have that law yet, except for teens, they get their license revoked, older peeps get a inattentive driving ticket or some such. They did however, just make it so that if you have an accident and you were on the phone or texting, you are automatically at fault. My son is not allowed to use the phone while driving, and we call him regularly to check when we know he's driving. It's funny too...

Mom calls son: *ring ring ring* "Hello, this is T, leave a message."
Larry calls me: "Hey Trey is driving, what do you want?"
Mom: "Tell T... (whatever it was I wanted to tell him, or that I am just checking up)"

It must be nice to have a secretary!

I hate using the earpiece. I know I'm going to have to, but I hate the feeling of it in my ear. And I always feel like an idiot talking into it.

Sounds like it could be a judicious nightmare.

"Honest judge that was my Shick battery powered shaver against my face - not my cell phone"

It seems it's a redundant law as I'm sure 'distracted driving' is already on the books, but necessary none the less, because people are so humanly self-absorbed. It should also be illegal to use them while standing in doorways, walking down hallways, attending meetings, while sitting down for a meal, when talking to face-to-face with someone else...,...,!!!,

The same law is in effect since midnight in Quebec as well.

That's neat. I intend to get a new cell phone in October when my current contract is up for renewal and I'm going to get some variety of hands free device at that point.

Nexa

I've been using an earpiece for my cellphone for a couple years now, so the law isn't any sort of change for me at all. Honestly, once you get used to it, you'll wonder how you ever managed to fumble around with a cellphone while driving before.

As to the law itself? My understanding is that it is part of the same distracted driving set, they've just explicitly defined driving while using a cellphone without a hands-free device as automatically meaning you're distracted. I don't know how much of a difference it's actually going to make either way though, since I still see folks driving while eating, applying makeup, etc. Heck. I once drove next to a guy on the freeway who was actually reading a book! All of those activities can already get you a ticket if a cop sees you, but it's not like it stops the idiots from trying to do eight things at once while barreling down the road in a ton of metal and plastic.

I'm kinda on the fence in terms of whether the distraction is so much from the talking or holding the cellphone. However, I think that everything being equal, not occupying your hands dialing a cellphone is a good thing...

Well, there you go then.

I'm neither of those but I still got it. I know, I know, I might be shot down in the street for attempting to be something i'm not but the functionality of it is worth the risk.

Geek!