[richard200593]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

Its a myth that hands free calling/texting is safer than 'hands on'. The problem isn't whats in your hands so much as what you're thinking about. When you're talking to someone on a phone, or composing a text (either by typing or dictation) you are thinking about that instead of driving. With a hands free device, you might be looking at the road in front of you instead of your phone, but you're not paying attention to the road. The brain basically goes on autopilot and you ignore everything thats going on around you. Traffic lights, car doors opening, pedestrians, cars switching lanes, traffic piling up behind you, brake lights in front of you, street signs ... it all falls to the wayside if you are focusing on your phone when you're driving.

"Safer" and "safe" need to be established here. It is much "safer" doing hands free texting and talking over hands on. It is still not as "safe" as not doing it at all. It's risk reward like everything else in society. Cancer cells latch on to animal proteins in our body. Does that mean we should all be vegans. Blocking all cell phones In a car is just ridiculous, cops need to crack down on cell use by the driver even more than they already do, there will always be SOME risk but I agree it needs to be less of a risk than there is now