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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I was trying to say that talking on the phone does not take your eyes off of the road, as a comparison to some of the other distraction people talk about, which actually take your eyes off of the road for more extended periods of time (like texting, reading texts/emails, etc)
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You would be incredibly surprised, I think. Just because your eyes are pointing in a certain direction does not mean your brain is processing what they are seeing. That is pretty much why driving while talking on a cell phone is so dangerous.
It's also why the "no worse than a passenger in the seat" argument is false. A passenger is also seeing the road ahead, and can both help identify dangers, and adapt to them (i.e.: by shutting up and letting the driver focus on the road) as needed.