Comments on: New driving law http://www.arctosia.com/blog/archives/435 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chriswaugh_bj http://www.arctosia.com/blog/archives/435#comment-8543 chriswaugh_bj Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:36:29 +0000 http://www.arctosia.com/blog/archives/435#comment-8543 "Talking over the cellphone, although using the hands-free set, can still take people's mind off the road." That's the point. Talking to somebody who is not physically present causes your brain to bring up a mental image of that person, so it does literally, physically take your mind off the road. A total cellphone ban would also be unnecessary- I don't see what's so hard about pulling over to the side of the road to take a phone call (provided, of course, you stop somewhere safe). "Talking over the cellphone, although using the hands-free set, can still take people's mind off the road."

That's the point. Talking to somebody who is not physically present causes your brain to bring up a mental image of that person, so it does literally, physically take your mind off the road.

A total cellphone ban would also be unnecessary- I don't see what's so hard about pulling over to the side of the road to take a phone call (provided, of course, you stop somewhere safe).

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