Now we need another bumper sticker...."Don't text and drive!". It's an epidemic!! In fact, the other day a bumper sticker really caught my attention. Sadly, it said: "Texting and driving killed my mother". Hopefully, it makes people think twice.
Texting and driving is a very deadly hazard. We just did a review on a product that can eliminate calls and texting while driving. You can check out the review at TweedleGeeks,com. The product is called Key 2 Safe Driving. The folks at Key 2 Safe Driving were nice enough to offer our readers a discount too. So if you decide to invest in it, you can use the code TWEEDLEGEEKS to get 10% off.
I believe that the mechanics of driving and traffic rules/awareness require the "attentional spotlight" for many, but not *all* people. My experience is that this lies in the "subconscious" or "muscle memory" category. I still hate talking on the phone while driving, though, since my "navigation" skill didn't find it's way out with the others, and I always end up driving to taco bell by default.
i totally get this & agree, but i dont know how you can say it's worse than drunk driving?? if your texting and notice your not paying attention and have a close call, you can hang up. if your drunk....... you cant stop that process and many impaired drivers are past the point of even knowing they need to stop driving.
i totally get this & agree, but i dont know how you can say it's worse than drunk driving?? if your texting and notice your not paying attention and have a close call, you can hang up. if your drunk....... you cant stop that process and many impaired drivers are past the point of even knowing they need to stop driving.
No, because as he said, the attention is going to trying to imagine the person's reaction on the cell phone. In real life, there's no imagining because the person in the car is right there and you don't have to imagine anything.
@Gtarist62 Disagree. There's something different about it. I can carry on a conversation with someone in the car just fine and drive, but being on the phone is different, and I think it is because when you are riding with someone they understand that your attentiveness is on driving and don't mind your delays in response and thought, but when you are on the cell phone you give that person your full attention.
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This is ridiculous... The brain is built to multi-task, and driving and talking on the phone is effortless. Even if the brain has to communicate to the "mother" before answering the phone but this takes milliseconds for the brain to do then your on to multi-tasking. Just the same has looking up and seeing a sign to read. Therefor if you see somebody on the phone and you slow down all your doing delaying traffic more.
i dont know if u watched the whole vid. but he said that it impairs your focus because you are imagining what the other person on the phone is thinking. and he has studied the brain, im fairly certain that you have not
Now we need another bumper sticker...."Don't text and drive!". It's an epidemic!! In fact, the other day a bumper sticker really caught my attention. Sadly, it said: "Texting and driving killed my mother". Hopefully, it makes people think twice.
Hopeful8811 3 months ago
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Texting and driving is a very deadly hazard. We just did a review on a product that can eliminate calls and texting while driving. You can check out the review at TweedleGeeks,com. The product is called Key 2 Safe Driving. The folks at Key 2 Safe Driving were nice enough to offer our readers a discount too. So if you decide to invest in it, you can use the code TWEEDLEGEEKS to get 10% off.
TweedleGeeks 1 year ago
I believe that the mechanics of driving and traffic rules/awareness require the "attentional spotlight" for many, but not *all* people. My experience is that this lies in the "subconscious" or "muscle memory" category. I still hate talking on the phone while driving, though, since my "navigation" skill didn't find it's way out with the others, and I always end up driving to taco bell by default.
JacobJennings047 2 years ago
@JacobJennings047 lol
gumpdy 2 years ago
shuuuuut uuuup
KameraMusik 2 years ago
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i totally get this & agree, but i dont know how you can say it's worse than drunk driving?? if your texting and notice your not paying attention and have a close call, you can hang up. if your drunk....... you cant stop that process and many impaired drivers are past the point of even knowing they need to stop driving.
kellilainedoa 2 years ago
i totally get this & agree, but i dont know how you can say it's worse than drunk driving?? if your texting and notice your not paying attention and have a close call, you can hang up. if your drunk....... you cant stop that process and many impaired drivers are past the point of even knowing they need to stop driving.
kellilainedoa 2 years ago 2
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Jeremy26197 4 months ago
I never knew that. I have used a cell phone during a traffic jam and it didn't seem like a challenge to me. I usually put it on speakerphone.
MishuTaste 2 years ago
By that reckoning, having a conversation with someone in your car is just as bad.
Gtarist62 3 years ago
you don't have to imagine so much when the person is sitting next to you. Also you don't have to deal with the cell phone.
Wouldn't you be focusing on the same thing as your passenger i.e. the road?
badcalculon 2 years ago
@Gtarist62
No, because as he said, the attention is going to trying to imagine the person's reaction on the cell phone. In real life, there's no imagining because the person in the car is right there and you don't have to imagine anything.
JoshyNapalm 2 years ago
@Gtarist62 Disagree. There's something different about it. I can carry on a conversation with someone in the car just fine and drive, but being on the phone is different, and I think it is because when you are riding with someone they understand that your attentiveness is on driving and don't mind your delays in response and thought, but when you are on the cell phone you give that person your full attention.
gumpdy 2 years ago
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This is ridiculous... The brain is built to multi-task, and driving and talking on the phone is effortless. Even if the brain has to communicate to the "mother" before answering the phone but this takes milliseconds for the brain to do then your on to multi-tasking. Just the same has looking up and seeing a sign to read. Therefor if you see somebody on the phone and you slow down all your doing delaying traffic more.
OCUSoccer09 3 years ago
I wish I was young enough to know everything.
geminigemini 3 years ago
i dont know if u watched the whole vid. but he said that it impairs your focus because you are imagining what the other person on the phone is thinking. and he has studied the brain, im fairly certain that you have not
coolghoul2 3 years ago 5
"he has studied the brain, im fairly certain that you have not"
That's where you're wrong. Very, very wrong.
geminigemini 3 years ago
@geminigemini that may be where he is wrong, but as you said, right in every other case.
gumpdy 2 years ago
I want such a bumper sticker too!
geertdd 3 years ago 4