Cellphone crash risk questioned

[oneofsix]

Increased risk of having a car crash attributed to cellphone use may have been overestimated in some past studies, a new analysis suggests.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/motoring/6132494/Cellphone-crash-risk-questioned

I still think driving is multi-tasking enough and that's what you need to concentrate on.

[oneofsix]

Is this a related story then;

A 19-year-old driver was texting just before his pickup truck, two school buses and a truck collided in a deadly pileup on an interstate highway in Missouri last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said today (NZ time).

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/motoring/6132457/Driver-was-texting-in-fatal-traffic-pileup

[nodrog]

Yeah, cellphones are dangerous. But looking at a tv screen glued to your windscreen, trying to follow a map, while some pommy bitch is telling you you're doing it wrong, is fine.

[Scuba_Steve]

Increased risk of having a car crash attributed to cellphone use may have been overestimated in some past studies, a new analysis suggests.
I would say no shit



I still think driving is multi-tasking enough and that's what you need to concentrate on.
while yes, there are far worse things we're allowed to, & do, do than using the cell while driving, including the good old radio. That device right there is far worse than any cell I have ever used in terms of dangerous while driving & she been a common & accepted component since the 70's

[MSTRS]

I think it's hands-free driving that's the problem. They really should be doing something with both hands - like operating the steering wheel, for instance.

[imdying]

Yeah, cellphones are dangerous. But looking at a tv screen glued to your windscreen, trying to follow a map, while some pommy bitch is telling you you're doing it wrong, is fine.Finding an album on your iPod, that's fine too.

[unstuck]

Rolling a spliff while driving is real multi tasking.:msn-wink:

[Kickaha]

Rolling a spliff while driving is real multi tasking.:msn-wink:

If you're any good you should be able to do it one handed

[Padmei]

It's amazing how we've been able to drive with the radio on, talking to passengers, opening a pack of chocolate peanuts with a durrie out the corner of the gob yet hold a bloody phone to your ear & wahoo you're a criminal.

[mashman]

Rolling a spliff while driving is real multi tasking

only if it's multi skinned :confused:

lies, damned lies and statistics...

[Gremlin]

Doing anything else in the car means you're not 100% focussed on the driving. Most people need at least 100% of their poor skills focussed on their driving.

[thehovel]

Increased risk of having a car crash attributed to cellphone use may have been overestimated in some past studies, a new analysis suggests.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/motoring/6132494/Cellphone-crash-risk-questioned

I still think driving is multi-tasking enough and that's what you need to concentrate on.

Ute hits truck while txting OK bus drives into back of ute, what is the bus driver doing BUT IT GETS BETTER, number 2 bus drivers into what must be by now a totally blocked road. DO THE BUS DRIVERS HAVE THEIR EYES PAINTED ON.

[oneofsix]

Ute hits truck while txting OK bus drives into back of ute, what is the bus driver doing BUT IT GETS BETTER, number 2 bus drivers into what must be by now a totally blocked road. DO THE BUS DRIVERS HAVE THEIR EYES PAINTED ON.

what? you mean bus drivers up in the North Shore don't follow so close that you wouldn't get a fashion model sideways between them? Down here you would be forgiven for thinking they were linked like trains. :laugh:

[Virago]

Rolling a spliff while driving is real multi tasking.:msn-wink:

And I thought I'd heard all the euphemisms for masturbation...:scratch:

[Scuba_Steve]

DO THE BUS DRIVERS HAVE THEIR EYES PAINTED ON.

No they just go through that same "special" licensing system as taxi's... Need proof our licensing system is fucked, look no further than passenger licences. The licence to show you don't know how to drive :facepalm:

[FJRider]

And I thought I'd heard all the euphemisms for masturbation...:scratch:

But at least there is NO law against THAT ... at the moment ... :laugh:

[PrincessBandit]

I've always thought the ban on using cell phones while driving is ridiculous. They should also have banned eating while driving, having kids in the car with you while you drive, extracting anything from a glovebox or handbag while driving, blah blah blah.

The reality is that people have always driven with one hand on the wheel from time to time, hell, even steering with their knees while getting their hot pie further out of the wrapping to eat etc. Singing along with the radio is right up there with split distraction!! Phones are simply an extension of distractions which have plagued driver inattention since forever.

[caspernz]

The whole cellphone drama is actually quite simple. Hands free or hand held doesn't matter, it's the thought process that creates the distraction. Stuff that happens inside the vehicle is not as big a problem as you might think.
Can an experienced driver handle yapping on a cell and drive at the same time? Sure, but I can guarantee you that you can spot 99% of them weaving in their lane and slowing down.....