Comments on: Texting and Driving http://www.meryl.net/2007/02/texting-and-driving/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, web design. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:47:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Andy Mason http://www.meryl.net/2007/02/texting-and-driving/#comment-94371 Andy Mason Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:14:26 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/02/12/texting-and-driving/#comment-94371 <p>I would say that texting while driving is worse than talking on the cell phone, as you are concentrating your attention and your vision on the phone instead of looking and paying attention to where you are going.</p> <p>I have observed that people talking on cell phones have considerably less attention to the environment they are driving in, and have seen people driving through four way stops because they've not noticed the stop sign, for example.</p> <p>While hands-free apparatus goes some way toward improving people's driving skills it is evident to me that situational awareness and responses to potential threats are hampered when the cell phone user is concentrating on their conversation. The safest cell phone use is to only make and receive calls when the vehicle is safely parked, however. given the general conviction that we should be allowed to do what we want, when we want and where we want I don't see responsible driving becoming a priority for the majority of cell-phone owners any time soon.</p> <p>Regards, Andy.</p> I would say that texting while driving is worse than talking on the cell phone, as you are concentrating your attention and your vision on the phone instead of looking and paying attention to where you are going.

I have observed that people talking on cell phones have considerably less attention to the environment they are driving in, and have seen people driving through four way stops because they’ve not noticed the stop sign, for example.

While hands-free apparatus goes some way toward improving people’s driving skills it is evident to me that situational awareness and responses to potential threats are hampered when the cell phone user is concentrating on their conversation. The safest cell phone use is to only make and receive calls when the vehicle is safely parked, however. given the general conviction that we should be allowed to do what we want, when we want and where we want I don’t see responsible driving becoming a priority for the majority of cell-phone owners any time soon.

Regards,
Andy.

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