[Magdalen] Bishop Cook

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I have seen some scuttlebutt about statistics that strongly suggest that
the phone is as likely to cuase an accident whether you are talking
hands-free or not.  that finding was, to me, quite astonishing, as I would
expect that the physical activity of holding and handling the phone, to say
nothing of looking at the face to dial, etc., would surely have some
statistical effect. Apparently not.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Raewynne Whiteley <raewynne1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just pointing out, if you ban using a phone hands free, then you should
> also ban the driver talking to anyone in the car.  My experience is that
> it's far more distracting talking to someone next to you than someone on a
> phone...
>
> Raewynne
> (who always drives alone and often chats with friends or family on her
> phone, hands free)
>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I just rented a new Ford Fusion and it has this also. You connect your
> >> phone via Bluetooth so you don't need to touch it.
> >>
> >
> > But using it while driving is still distracted driving. No one should be
> > using a phone -- let alone texting (or texting via dictation) while
> driving.
> >
> > Some state motor vehicle codes that have added cell phones and texting to
> > the prohibited list recognize that "hands free" is still a bad practice,
> > and ticket offenders when caught.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim
> >
> >
>