Yet another DUH! 4692

There is that, I suppose. But I think the study was really politically motivated for the purpose I stated.

Yeah, but that statistic will not be affected by a cell phone ban in cars. Such people would be useless for the situation with or without such a law. They can be ignored for the purposes of the argument.

Well, when I'm not driving in the car, there's usually a landline around that I can use, and it doesn't come with a $50 a month charge, either. IOW, when I'm not driving, then I mostly don't need a cell phone to communicate.

No, your statement is false, because some people would simply non-renew their contracts and sell the phone. They wouldn't have the thing with them. And even if they did, and thought they would only use it in an emergency, the battery would be dead when they went to acutally use it if they weren't using it routinely and therefore keeping the battery charged.

Yep, and that will not be a unique choice. Lotsa people will do that. Those that do, who roll up on an accident or an emergency, will not have a cell phone with them, or they will not have a working cell phone with them ('cuz they haven't charged the battey for the last 5 years) and that accident won't get reported as soon as it otherwise could have. The delay could be critical.

It is a rare occasion that I am not in the car and do not have a landline phone available to make a call. This area - everything is far from everything. All one gets done is drive, drive, drive. I dislike the area, and this is one of the big reasons. When you get in the car here, you're generally looking at a 1-2 hr trip each way.

If 10% give 'em up, what effect will that have on emergency situations that are delayed in reporting them? There will be an effect - no question. Its just how many lives are lost for lack of a timely response vs. how many lives are lost due to cell phone induced accidents.

I base it on my personal experience.

Most of my calls consist of one or the other of us are driving a car. I can't be all that unique, nor can the people I talk to.

I got to thinking - I think I probably have to revise it downward. Didn't realize that until I looked and saw that the last call I received was July 4, and this is the 13th. Last call I made was July 9. I probably have only had 100 calls this year so far. I don't use it all that much.

The car is about the only place I don't have a phone available unless I have a cell phone along. Most everywhere else, I can use a pay phone, or the phone on my desk at work, or the phone at home, or the courtesy phone in the health club, etc. But yeah, I'm on the road a lot. I put on about 35K miles a year.

There's still a thing called CB radio, which does not come with a $50 a month charge, and you can blab your butt off all the way down the road and nobody's thinking about banning them. And that's buttuming you don't have some other kind of 2-way radio.

Dave Head