Passengers can also point out dangers on the road. That is the key.
Plenty of studies have shown that using a cell phone and driving are highly dangerous. Some even stating it is as bad as driving drunk.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1209113320.htm
http://www.livescience.com/technolog...ll_danger.html
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"If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, their reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not using a cell phone," said University of Utah psychology professor David Strayer. "It's like instantly aging a large number of drivers."
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http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=062206-1
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June 29, 2006 -- Three years after the preliminary results first were presented at a scientific meeting and drew wide attention, University of Utah psychologists have published a study showing that motorists who talk on handheld or hands-free cellular phones are as impaired as drunken drivers.
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