Originally Posted by
kmcrawford111
Here's a question for everyone praising how much "safer" it is to be "handsfree" while using their phone: what is so damn urgent that you "have" to use the phone in the car while driving, like it's some kind of birthright? I'm only 29, but even I remember the days where people lived perfectly healthy and probably more healthy lives without being attached to their portable electronics with a Bluetooth umbilical cord.
You know, I'm big on personal responsibility, but it saddens me to say that I think it's safe to conclude now that people simply aren't responsible enough for this kind of thing. Statistics clearly demonstrate just this. Safety is more important than watching catching up with Twitter on the road, so if it was up to me all of this kind of thing would be illegal. It is a distraction whether you're holding a device or not - why is this so hard to understand? Distracted driving is now a part of popular culture. I see it all the time in movies. It's unbelievable, and it's no wonder so many Americans are afraid to commute on bike. We are truly nuts.
I too was giving Ford credit for not crying for money, but this has pretty much nullified that feeling.
Peak Oil couldn't come soon enough, as far as I'm concerned.
I remember what those days were like. Those were the days when people crashed their car because they were looking for a cd, which was located in the back of the car on the passenger side. Of course it also held between 500 and 10,000 cds so it too a few minutes to find a cd. That was the time when you crashed your car.
Those were also the days of crashing your car be cause you were reading a full size map while driving. Now we have GPS. Enter the address before you go and no fussing with a map.
Do you have to read a map while driving? No. Will people find directions while navigating their car? Yes. Sure you might like to outlaw these things but someone is always going to do something to distract themselves while driving. Might as well try to make it safer and not a distraction to driving.