Re: OT Crowding the Interesection DOES NOT get you out there any faster...

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Mar 6, 1:44=EF=BF=BDam, Cam-man <n...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When you are engaged in a conversation on the phone, you are not
> devoting your attention to driving. =A0NY missed the point, even though
> well intentioned. =A0There have been many studies done on this -- it's
> not the act of physically holding the phone, (or WORSE dialing,
> pressing buttons)..... =A0it's the FACT that the DRIVERS attention is
> diverted from the task of DRIVING.
>
> Company policy should dictate NO DRIVING WHILE ON THE PHONE!
>
> Driving is a full-time job! =A0This is not the time to make up hours in
> the office. =A0If you want to make drive time productive listen to a
> tape, and don't take notes.

I was channel surfing one night and stopped on that Mythbuster
program. They were doing driving tests under normal conditions and
then while someone was on the other end of their cell phone asking
them questions that required doing some calculations and asking them
to remember sequences of words and other things requiring their
attention. Everyone tested did worse on the driving test. The men did
better than the women but none of them did as good as before. It had
nothing to do with the button pushing. Just attention diverting
thought.