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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (59990)	2/4/2005 9:07:08 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Re: things other than mindlessly staring at the road ahead. Interestingly, our culture used to think that "staring" at the road ahead amounted to paying attention to the task at hand. This bit of rationality was brought on in large measure because of good sense. And an understanding of history..... In 1903, there were a total of two automobiles licensed for use in the state of Ohio. One driver, engaged in idle conversation, crashed his vehicle into the other other one. "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose, n'est pas?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (59990)	2/4/2005 11:19:29 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Some things can be done quite safely by most people while driving. Trying to discipline the kids, or having a fierce dispute with a spouse are best not done in parallel with driving. My personal observation is that the most dangerous thing about the radio-cassette is the shift of focus and frame of reference while changing station-tape-CD. Probably the most dangerous aspects of mobile phone use while driving are having to key in numbers, and entering or reading txt messages, for the same reason. The transmittal of images just ups the ante. Another issue is the way people converse. Some get very physically involved - waving their hands etc. - as if they were in a face-to-face conversation. That could entail risks. The painful truth is that there is a substantial fraction of the population who aren't safe behind the wheel under the best of conditions. Gib