N.Y. Senate to nix driving-cell phone mix
Two things bug me about this. First, as Darren already covered, and as many have pointed out, the vast majority of accidents on the road are not caused by people with handheld cell phones, but rather by stupidity.
(As a side note, I use my cell phone while driving, but I never actually look at the phone? How? I only dial numbers I have committed to memory when the car is in motion. And, if you look at most modern phone keypads, there’s usually a raised or indented spot on the “5” key – once you find “5”, you can dial any number without looking at the phone.)
Cell phones don’t even begin to account for the vast number of accidents on the American road. But they’re a convenient scapegoat, so let’s all jump on the bandwagon! Sorry, folks, but there’s a whole list of things people do behind the wheel that rack up more accidents than cell phone use – like eating fast food from your lap, drinking a Big Gulp, putting on make-up, shaving, reading the morning paper, talking to your passenger, changing the station on your radio…
The other thing that struck me about this article was that the “E-Mail this Story” feature was brought to us by…NexTel – a mobile phone company.