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From: Mark on 5 Feb 2010 11:04
On Feb 4, 8:25 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:13:22 -0500, ---MIKE--- wrote:
> > One way to put a stop to this is to put a device in all new cars that
> > would jam cell phone reception while the engine was running. The device
> > could also be a mandatory installation during inspection in older cars. If
> > a person needed to make a call they could just pull over and turn the
> > engine off.
>
> > ---MIKE---
> >>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
> > >> (44$B!k(B 15' N - Elevation 1580')
>
> What's the difference between talking on a cell phone and talking to
> someone in the car beside you?
>
> ...

Actually if you think about it, there is a big difference...

when you are talking to a person in the car with you, that person is
there in the car with you and is also aware of the surrounding traffic
situations... the conversation will stop while you are trying to
merge onto i95 during rush hour, and the person is another set of eyes
looking out for trouble, their saftey is a concern to them as
well.......this is not true for a cellphone conversation..

in fact they have have shown that hands free does not solve the
problem, it is not holding the phone that is distracting, it is the
conversation with a person in another location that is distracting...

Mark





From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 5 Feb 2010 12:34
On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:04:52 -0800, Mark wrote:

> On Feb 4, 8:25 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote:
>> On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:13:22 -0500, ---MIKE--- wrote:
>> > One way to put a stop to this is to put a device in all new cars that
>> > would jam cell phone reception while the engine was running. The device
>> > could also be a mandatory installation during inspection in older cars. If
>> > a person needed to make a call they could just pull over and turn the
>> > engine off.
>>
>> > ---MIKE---
>> >>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
>> > >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')
>>
>> What's the difference between talking on a cell phone and talking to
>> someone in the car beside you?
>>
>> ...
>
> Actually if you think about it, there is a big difference...
>
> when you are talking to a person in the car with you, that person is
> there in the car with you and is also aware of the surrounding traffic
> situations... the conversation will stop while you are trying to
> merge onto i95 during rush hour, and the person is another set of eyes
> looking out for trouble, their saftey is a concern to them as
> well.......this is not true for a cellphone conversation..
>
> in fact they have have shown that hands free does not solve the
> problem, it is not holding the phone that is distracting, it is the
> conversation with a person in another location that is distracting...
>
> Mark


Not to me.
But I had to learn to talk and drive at the same time, so I practiced on
open roads with no traffic. Doens't bother me at all.

What bothers me is seeing some 20-something YO girl dancing in the
driver's seat, no hands on the wheel, approaching a traffic jam.


From: ---MIKE--- on 5 Feb 2010 16:53
The jamming I was suggesting was just a weak signal within the car to
make cell phone RECEPTION impossible.


---MIKE---
>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
>> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

From: in2dadark on 5 Feb 2010 19:02
On Feb 4, 8:47 pm, dr_jeff <u...(a)msu.edu> wrote:
> ---MIKE--- wrote:
> > One way to put a stop to this is to put a device in all new cars that
> > would jam cell phone reception while the engine was running.  The device
> > could also be a mandatory installation during inspection in older cars.
> > If a person needed to make a call they could just pull over and turn the
> > engine off.
>
> >                   ---MIKE---
> >>> In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
> >  >> (44° 15'  N - Elevation 1580')
>
> There are a few situations where you want a person to be able to make a
> call, like reporting that he is out of control because the gas pedal is
> stuck or report traffic situations, like other people's crashes.
>
> What about passengers? Should they be able to talk?

No. Regardless of weather or not they have a c phone...
From: Tegger on 5 Feb 2010 21:27
=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote
in news:pan.2010.02.05.23.57.09.742555(a)e86.GTS:

> On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:21:54 +0000, Tegger wrote:
>

>>
>> Aw, now you're asking me to do something I'm absolutely NO good at.
>>
>> That's 19 letters. How many combinations can you make of those 19?
>>
>> Somebody who does well on those Mensa tests is gonna have to give me a
>> hint.
>
>
> Think of this: "Don't like my driving? Call 1-800-328-7657"
>



Oh, that's a big BIG hint!

I feel sorry for whoever has THAT number for his cell phone...

Unless it's Mr. Rooter, of course.
<http://www.mrrooter.com/>
Their trucks up here say they're "#1 in the #2 business"!



--
Tegger

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