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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
No, it isn't.
Another person in the car is also looking out of it, and noticing the same things the driver is: hazards, upcoming exits, etc. The person on the phone can't do that.
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You are assuming your passenger is a cautious and aware adult... not a child, or even a pet.
I just don't think the government should be banning absolutely everything that could potentially be a risk. I just think driver training should be a lot more indepth and useful than it currently is... who really drives with their hands at 9 and 3 anyway? As well, there should be retests for everyone, every 5-10 years. I would even go so far as to test people on their responses to distracting stimuli... if you can't drive with a kid screaming in the back, and the radio playing, or drive past distracting advertisement, or you can't answer a cell phone and do so with the conversation as a secondary priority to what you are doing, you should not drive in any circumstance, cause you clearly aren't mentally disciplined enough.