Originally Posted by
JPprivate
These are two very different things, and studies have proven that. There was just a few days ago a discussion on "Talk of the Nation" where the difference between talking to somebody sitting next to you in a car and talking on the phone was discussed.
Yeah, and it still baffles me. In both situations, I'm looking out the windshield, not at the person I'm talking with. Some passengers seem to get uncomfortable when they realize that I'm not going to turn my head to talk to them.
I'll just stick with what I said. I've seen drivers who can't keep their attention forward while talking with a passenger, so they're surely just as incapable of going hands-free as they are riding with someone.