celphones was Why not methanolYou are deluding yourself in your belief because "I have done it." Yes, you have done it, but not in situations where driving demands your undivided attention. For instance, if you...
"Daniel J. Stern"
celphones was Why not methanol 4870If people have so much free time on their hands that they can yack on a cell phone and type text messages, then they are not spending enough time paying attention to the...
I'm quite sure that my powers of attentiveness are indeed possessed by many other drivers. I've seen many the I'd consider better than I and many that I'd consider worse.
You are once again projecting the "If I can't do it then nobody could do it" mentality into this. Just because you or even 75% of people can't do something does not in any way prove that the remaining people can't.
I think we could probably agree that *most* people can reach over and adjust the heater temp control while driving without undue distraction. Why can you not realize admit that there are both people who would have difficulty with such a task, and people who are capable of more complicated tasks without undue distraction. Not everyone is equal, and that is a fact.
Presumably somewhere near 50% are above average and somewhere near 50% are below average. That bell curve thing...
Do you actively think about shifting when you are driving? Sure you did when you were learning, but now that you've learned you think about driving and the shifting part is near sub-conscious.
Do you think about the act of saying "We should arrive in ten minutes" to your pbuttenger? Of course not, you learned how to speak decades ago and it is sub-conscious. You only think about the content of your speech, not the act of speaking.
The same thing happens when you become proficient at text messaging, you do not think about the act of typing or have to look at the keys, you simply think that you will reply "eta 10" or whatever is appropriate.
Don't recall who, someone elsewhere in this thread.
Pete C.
