And another thing...
All this talk of "how is it any different than talking to the person riding shotgun"?
I don't know the proper term for it, but it is different.
I'm sure we've all enjoyed the modern convenience of eating dinner or having beers with someone who is talking on the phone. It is my experience that if you say something to a person while they are talking on the phone, something like "what are you having? I had a big lunch so I'm just having a quesadilla", the person you are talking to will either ignore you completely or stick up their index finger and nod their head and not look at you. If they are texting, they will finish that text and look up at you and say "what"?
If the person you are talking to is not on the phone, they are not going to give you the the "gimme just a second" index finger and nod, and you are not going to be ignored.
If you can't carry on a normal conversation with a person sitting 2 feet away from you (or even hear that person talking) while you use your phone, you are obviously distracted from what is going on around you.
And if you can't answer a simple question or order a hamburger while you are talking on the phone, you can't drive a car while you are talking on the phone.
Hell, we all know how great it is when someone in the room is blabbing at you when you are on the phone. Most of us usually say something like "I'm on the phone ferchrissakes, gimme a minute".
If we can't talk to one person on the phone and one person in the room while we sit on he couch, how can we talk to one person on the phone and drive a car at 100 klicks an hour on the freeway?
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