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Originally Posted by Andy911sc
I push one button on my steering wheel. My music mutes and the name is displayed across my radio no different then a radio station and it speaks the name to me. Me talking into thin air is no different than talking to someone sitting in the passenger seat. To make a phone call I hit the same button on my steering wheel and say call: persons name. My eyes never leave the road and hands never leave the steering wheel. You are a bit ridiculous. In your definition picking your nose would be a distraction.
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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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Drivers on Cell Phones Are as Bad as Drunks - University of Utah News Release: June 29th, 2006
Study around the same time in the UK - just before they passed a $2000 fine and license points for not using a hands-free (and similar penalties for "distracted driving" even with a hands-free) - said they measured reaction times and judgement of 20-something drivers engaged in a cell conversation as comparable to retired folks in their 60's. Something to do with the concentration necessary to focus on the conversation.