[geeks] what is the world coming to...

[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Kurt Huhn wrote:

> > > cars.  All it takes is one clueless soccer-mom talking on the cellphone
> > > and yelling at the kids to end a motorcyclists life when she doesn't
> > > stop in time.
> >
> > This is why whenever you see a vehichle swerving and the driver on a cell
> > phone, you honk like crazy.
> >
> > I like to honk when I see the cell phone come up toward the ear... they
> > never know they did anything wrong and they were distracted at the time.
>
> I refuse to use cell phone in my truck - except when I've taken the time
> to plug in the hands free setup.  If for no other reason than the fact
> that it makes it an order of magnitude more difficult to shift...
>
> Seriously though - I don't think cellphones should be made illegal in
> vehicles - but certainly I would like to see more folks use hands-free
> setups.

In New York, it's illegal to use a cellphone without a handsfree in a car.

Peace...  Sridhar