On 13 Jan 2005 18:31:07 -0800, jim rozen
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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In article , Old Nick says...

In West Oz they are talking about banning _any_ phone talk, hendheld
or not. Phone conversations are being said by some to be more
distracting than talking to the passenger.

Obviously. And the reason is, the person on the other end of the
phone line is not physically at risk during the conversation. If
one is in a car, yammering away, one tends to *stop* when the
car is about to crash. This encourages the driver to quit
talking likewise, and pay attention to the road hazard.

Blood-curdling screams from the passenger seat do that too...

So when we get video phones, it'll be OK? G "I'll just point the
camera forward and you yell if you see anything"

..........oh...we already do......damn! Dinostatus confirmed.