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Cellphone Drivers Drive Like Drunks
TDavid writes "A University of Utah study claims that drivers who use a cell phone will be 'more impaired than drunken drivers with blood alcohol levels exceeding 0.08.' The study also says that use will turn a driver who is age 20 into age 70. Hands-free systems apparently don't help much either as they still require a driver to 'actively be part of a conversation.' What about in vehicle systems like OnStar?"
Indeed. And /. editors spell like dumb.
$6.21 is the number of the beast before sales tax. Meh.
I bought a hands free system so I could talk on the cell phone in the car and IT DIDN'T WORK. As soon as I turned it on and let go of the steering wheel, the car drifted off the road and hit a Big Boy statue. What a rip off.
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Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
My passenger is blind you insensitive clod.
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
>> For example, if a truck suddenly pulls out in front of you, you will suddenly focus on it; your passenger will tend to notice this and stop talking
You're obviously not married.
They have no skills for paraphrasing. If the blurb was true I'd never drink alcohol again for fear of instant wrinkled skin, white hair, and random cancer.
What does anyone in the state of Utah know about drinking?
One man's Funny is another man's Offtopic.
I am married.. and my wife does a AAAEEEEEE! noise and starts grabbing the dash; even though the truck that pulled out is a block away.
Chop
Because the AARP is one of the most powerful lobbying groups there is, and they fight tooth and nail against anything that even resembles competency testing.
Which is quite ironic, considering who we're talking about here
I am disrespectful to dirt! Can you see that I am serious?!
There should be a law against "Driving while Not Me", because everyone else on the road is a menace.
Cell phone users also act like drunks. They stand in public places, yell very loudly and think that their conversation about whether it's pizza or Chinese tonight is so important we must all hear it.
The only thing missing is public urination, but I'm sure that's an add-on service.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Well, I have a Treo 650 and it's great because I can post on Slashdot while I drive and it's actually quite safe bec[NO CARRIER]
The perfect sig is a lot like silence, only louder
Or we have the sudden, sharp inhalation of breath causing a marked decrease in air pressure within the cabin, followed by a thumping sound on the floorboard as the frantic passenger presses her imaginary brake pedal.
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