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To: M. Charles Swope who wrote (101580)	7/11/2001 5:15:03 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) of 152472

<I drive a car with a standard transmission and, from my experience, the dangerous part of cell phone use in a car is entering the number to be called. That requires me to look at the keypad and I can't do that and keep my eyes on the road too. Maybe with a little more practice it would be possible to dial without looking but I doubt many people can do that. Again, I'm sure it's possible but, in practice, that skill is rare. > Actually, most young people can touch-type with their cellphones. They don't need to look at the keys to type messages or numbers. It's silly to penalize everyone because some people can't type. The law to make about looking at the phone, if it's a problem, is to make it illegal to look anywhere except at the road [what about the rear-view mirror or speedometer]? Voice-activated dialling is another option. Or hot-key dialing. While humans control cars, they are responsible for controlling their attention. That's all there is to it. Making this that and the other illegal won't make any difference but will cause problems and costs [phone calls are valuable things to do, which is why people make them]. Mq

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