John R. Carroll wrote:

Steve B wrote:

"John R. Carroll" wrote

Cell phones are different. A cell phone doesn't impair your ability
to reason properly, only to pay attention to the task of driving.



Then could you please explain to me a person's total loss of
coordination and reasoning caused by a cell phone ringing?



LOL
That's easy. Cell phones are designed to get your attention by startling
you. They do. In fact, you are encouraged to select a ring tone that will
gaurantee it.The idea is a ring tone that sounds like a metal tray of bolts
hitting the floor from a six foot dead drop without the change of shorts.
The reflex is both autonomic as well as conditioned. You can't help
yourself.

Cellular providers make money when you use your equipment so they encourage
users to do so whenever possible but that doesn't necessarily mean they are
trying to kill their customers.

You wouldn't shoot skeet and talk on the phone would you?
Of course not, and if your phone distracted you while shooting you'd turn
the damned thing off without thinking about it.



Dick Chaney probably had his cellpone on and got distracted.


John