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  The chance that states will actually ban bcell phone/b use while bdriving/b (which would be very annoying but might actually be beffective/b) is even smaller. Some commenters have asked about enforcement: if you look at the NYT post, b..../b It doesn't seem unreasonable to just propose a bsimple/b, bright-line rule that bcell phone/b use while bdriving/b is not OK. The cops' decisions to give out tickets for bdriving/b will be a tad less arbitrary and juries will have the easier task of deciding ...
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  Re the google guy, I've heard studies indicating bdriving/b while texting or on bcell phone/b (even hands free) as dangerous as bdriving/b while drunk. Certainly some can do it without being distracted etc., but its a nationwide problem in view b...../b The CA law only applies to handhelds, but hands-free cell phones are no better than handhelds in terms of bdriving/b safety (google it if you missed this news). Also, the CA law cannot be beffective/b as long as people willingly flaunt it ...
• bCell Phone/b Follies | Mother Jones
  Michael O'Hare points today to a study that shows (a) bcell phone driving/b is dangerous, (b) laws that ban it are beffective/b, but (c) these laws don't reduce accident rates. Why? Because the laws don't ban hands-free talking on cell phones, b...../b It's limiting to think of our minds in terms of a bsimple/b mechanistic model, but it can also be very useful. First, it suggests specific ways we can measure human performance: What kinds of information can be processed? ...
• Cell phones and bdriving/b « The Reality-Based Community
  This is not to say that distracted bdriving/b is completely safe under some circumstances, merely that, under most circumstances it has only a slight influence on safety. And non-drunk bcellphone/b users are probably fairly competent at ... I think it's probably more important to look at the kinds of conversations people are having in cars. some people use their phones only to send what you might call voice sms — bsimple/b factual statements with a limited set of possible replies. ...
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  Therefore if someone's reckless behaviour with either matches or a car causes harm they should be held responsible…but in my view we shouldn't be jailing them for harm they haven't byet/b caused. b..../b It seems reasonable that, all other things considered, distractions while bdriving/b increase the chances of accidents. It doesn't necessarily follow, though, that a ban on bcell phone/b use will be beffective/b – because it's hard to enforce, because there's no guarantee of it ...