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Originally Posted by splink48

studies have shown that its the conversation with someone that isn't next to you that is the problem, not the cell phone. People get too enamoured in the conversation to pay attention to driving like they should (yeah, I don't have a link....it was on dateline or something). If you want to check the texting...just get the cell phone and check the timestamps on the last few texts on there. Either way, they're both dangerous in the wrong hands.

Close. The problem isn't the conversation-it's how cell phones work. There's a short but noticable time lapse between when someone says something and you actually hear it on a cell phone. Your brain is used to fluid conversation (no lapses in conversation), so it gets thrown for a loop when there is a split second of time when there is no answer. I read about a study a few years ago that figured this out. I don't remember where, but their conclusion was that talking on any cell phone, hands free or not, is much more dangerous than talking to a person sitting in the car. Other studies have shown that using a cell phone without a hands-free device is more imparitive than driving drunk (over the legal limit). I don't know about you guys, but that is proof enough for me to hang up and drive.