| Cell phones have been getting a bad rap
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| | as held cell phone usage to distract a
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| for years. It is now illegal to use a
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| | driver enough to cause an accident. The
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| cell phone that you aren't operating in
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| | investigators found that while people
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| "hands-free" mode in many states, and
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| | engage in active animated conversation,
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| lots of cities. What is worse if that now
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| | they tend to move their eyes in
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| there are ordinances and legislation
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| | directions appropriate to the
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| being introduced that would make it
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| | conversation, and not to any other
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| illegal to use a cell phone not in
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| | activity they may be engaged in, (like
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| hand-free node while walking on city
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| | driving).
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| streets, and some are even proposing the
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| | We are, however, being sold the idea that
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| banning of the use of iPods by
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| | you need to have a cell phone in your
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| pedestrians.
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| | car. The wonderful new service called
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| The issue is, of course, highway safety.
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| | On-Star by GM gives you some very
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| The subset of that issue, which nobody is
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| | interesting, albeit invasive, services
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| talking about directly, is that it is
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| | that might just save your life. On-Star
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| really driver and/or pedestrian
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| | can tell if your air-bag has been
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| distraction which is causing accidents
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| | deployed, and the service will call you
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| and fatalities on the highways and
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| | to assess your injuries and need for aid.
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| streets of our nation. Only one small
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| | The GPS tracking in the phone installed
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| piece of research addressed this issue
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| | in your car will allow the On-Star
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| and declared that there are many
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| | operator to dispatch help to the site of
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| activities that drivers engage in which
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| | your accident even if you don't know
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| can distract drivers long enough to cause
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| | where you are.
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| accidents. One of these activities is
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| | Give the service credit where it is due;
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| eating, especially hot, or hard to handle
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| | they do recommend that you pull over and
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| foods and drinks. Pouring coffee on
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| | stop your car before you make a call or
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| yourself while driving has a much higher
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| | answer one. On the other hand, the non
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| potential for disaster than making a cell
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| | handset, non earpiece phone used can be a
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| phone call.
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| | major distraction to the driver even if
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| It seems that wherever you go, people are
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| | the driver is only listening to a
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| engaged in conversations with what appear
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| | passenger conversing with a friend.
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| to be invisible others. It used to be a
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| | We are being given new and sophisticated
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| sign of insanity, but these days it is
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| | tools that could not have even dreamed of
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| more likely a sign of a hands free cell
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| | not too long ago; we will have to get
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| phone in use. One survey indicated that
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| | used to these tools and learn to use them
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| hands free cell phone use was as likely
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| | and survive them.
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