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Re: Driving With Cell Phones -Reply
- To: "quattro@coimbra.ans.net" <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
- Subject: Re: Driving With Cell Phones -Reply
- From: Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>
- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:25:53 +0012
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>Apparently a New England Journal of Medicine article looking at accidents
>involving car phones found that the risk of being involved in a car wreck is as
>high as having a blood alcohol level of 0.08. The good thing is that about 35%
>of those with cell phones did manage to call for help after the accident.
another example of pc-ness.
it's not that i'm disagreeing that cell phone use in a car distracts the driver, of
course it does. but to my mind, no more so that talking to a passenger...
when the prat phone rings, slow down, just as you should if you are talking to
someone else in the car...
-dave
'93 s2
'90 ur-q