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Steve Turner[_3_]

On 12/27/2009 11:43 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:27:32 -0600, Steve Turner
Fine; I'll restate. For many people, there *are* situations where driving does
not require 100% of their attention (Mario Andretti driving a Honda Civic at
28mph in a 35mph zone might be one example).

Just the fact that you're arguing this topic shows everybody that
*you* are one of those people that doesn't have the requisite
awareness to qualify for your ridiculous statement of having enough
brain power left over for something else.

What the hell does that even mean? You have no idea how aware I am of my
surroundings when I'm driving. I *know* my awareness is as good as it gets,
and I *know* it's better than 90% of the other people on the road. Of course,
I can't *prove* it to you, and even though I've had a clean driving slate for
15 over years, I'm sure statistics will "prove" that my use of a cellphone on
the road makes me an unsafe driver.

The real fact is that no one, not even your Mario Andretti example is
capable of being aware of everything around them when they're driving.
There's just too many things that can happen. There are people however
that are much more aware than others. They are the safer driver.

Oh yeah; that safer driver? That's me. Does that earn me the right to use my
cellphone when *I* deem it to be safe? No, I didn't think so.

It's like taking martial arts training. As you progress through the
ranks, you gain additional awareness of what is happening around you
and that gives you greater control in a given situation. But, even the
top ranked in martial arts will admit that no one knows it all,
there's always something additional to learn. Driving can be
considered the same way. It's common sense.

I see. Since nobody can ever be perfect, I guess nobody can ever be trusted to
operate a cellphone in motor vehicle in a responsible fashion. What about all
those commercial drivers out there that use other forms of "contraptions" to
communicate with their central office or co-workers? Two-way radios? I don't
recall this issue ever coming up with CB radios.

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