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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
When it becomes plainly obvious that conducting heated arguments with a passenger is leading to thousands of accidents and deaths the we should discuss doing something about it.
Right now though, I don't think it's recognized statistically or even anecdotally that in-car heated arguments are a problem. We've had several anecdotes in this very thread about cell-phone drivers causing problems, but not one about heated arguments.
For example, nobody has said something like "this one time I was almost hit in a crosswalk because the driver and the passenger were talking politics".
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Ah! Thats because it is obvious when a driver has an accident whilst talking on the phone, its plainly visible. But doing many of the above actions are not, or can be hidden, after the fact.
Is there any evidence to show, that after talking on cell phones is made illegal that it reduces the number of accidents. (Your answer would be yes, but does it reduce the overall numbers that much)
Your implication is that talkking on cell phones causes "thousands of accidents" thats why something must be done to stop it.
My point, is it is just another "nanny State" infringement on what we can and cannot do. I think that if you cant drive and talk on the cell phone then everything else should be legislated as illegal. Where do we draw the line?
You should take "due care" whilst driving, it does not matter what else you are doing at the time.