[Spridgets] Cell phones and cars, you are missing the point

[Weslake1330 at aol.com]

That's an interesting point and I''ll add the following observations.
 
If I'm driving quickly in my car with a passenger or in a real quick  car 
(not my Sprite) with a passenger I can generally maintain a conversation on  
quite difficult roads.  However, at particular demanding aspects of the  drive - 
junction ahead, overtaking manouvere on a short stretch of straight road  I 
will automatically cease to talk  and then start talking again once  whatever 
caused me to stop talking has been passed or negotiated.
 
Second example is when I've been a passenger (quite often) with a pro  racing 
driving in a really fast road or racing car (eg: British touring car  driver 
in a GT40, rally driver in a rally car) where they will talk most of the  time 
but often cease to talk mid sentence mid corner and then after the corner  
carry on talking.
 
What do people with a cell phone do?  Are they so stupid that they  don't 
realise they need to cease talking and concentrate on driving for a  moment?  Or 
are they concentrating so much on their conversation they don't  realise they 
need to concentrate on driving for a moment?
 
Weslake1330
 
In a message dated 13/01/2008 20:27:42 GMT Standard Time,  wmgilroy at gmail.com 
writes:

The  thing that puts us at risk seems to be the cell phone
conversation itself  not the handheld vs. handsfree