$10,000 fine first offense for texting and driving in Alaska

[BrendanSWM]

Originally Posted by PullMyFinger

You shouldn't ever be looking at your phone while you're driving. Mine is in my bag or in the arm wrest storage box while I'm driving. If I get a call it comes over the radio and I answer it with a button on the steering wheel.

You may be surprised to learn they have discovered using a speaker phone is only slightly less distracting and dangerous than holding a phone while conversing. For some reason, talking on the telephone tends to causes people to lose their focus, but conversing with someone in the car does not. Perhaps the psychologists can give us an explanation someday.

[BrendanSWM]

Originally Posted by vmaxnc

I'm aware of that. The other poster wants to restrict everyone in every car because of the actions of a very small number of people. By his logic, alcohol lockouts should have been put on every vehicle years ago, because, again, of the actions of a tiny few.

Do small people tend to drink and drive more frequently than large people?

[vmaxnc]

Originally Posted by BrendanSWM

You may be surprised to learn they have discovered using a speaker phone is only slightly less distracting and dangerous than holding a phone while conversing. For some reason, talking on the telephone tends to causes people to lose their focus, but conversing with someone in the car does not. Perhaps the psychologists can give us an explanation someday.

I don't use a speakerphone, and don't like it when most others do. It takes far more focus to listen to someone who is using a speakerphone in their car. When one of my friends calls me on hers, I have to basically stop what I'm doing to have a chat with her.

[vmaxnc]

Originally Posted by BrendanSWM

Do small people tend to drink and drive more frequently than large people?

If they're matching round for round with larger people, then yes.

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