[geeks] Stuff fo' sale

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Tue Aug 15 14:12:07 CDT 2006


>From: Dan Duncan <dand at pcisys.net>
>Date: 2006/08/15 Tue PM 12:52:30 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Stuff fo' sale

>On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Steve Haavik wrote:
>> > Why?  Studies show there is no significant difference betwixt the two.
>> > Banning handhelds is a feel-good measure by people who don't know any
>> > better.
>>
>> Interesting. I read something a couple months ago that likened talking on
>> a cellphone while driving to drunken driving.
>>
>> Hmm. A really old article at cnn.
>> http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/22/cellphone.bills/index.html
>>
>> Ah, here it is. It was a Reuters news report. Had to google it.
>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13621877/
>
>Did you read the Reuters link?  First sentence:  "People who talk on cell phones while driving,
>even using "hands-free" devices, are as impaired as drunk drivers, researchers said Thursday."

I think attribution has gotten lost - the original poster said just before the reuters link that cellphone usage impared drivers similar ot drunk driving...

Lionel



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