I see there is some debate on whether hands free phones should be banned from being used by people driving.
As far as im concerned there is no debate and frankly I dont see where the argument lies. It is physically impossible for our brains to be focussed on more than one task at a time. Phones are particularly bad because the brain also creates an image of the person you are talking to, taking up more of your brain power. It also take about a second for the brain to switch between tasks. Which by the way is why people cant react and brake in time.
Whether you hold it or not makes absolutely no difference in where your attention is sitting as opposed to where you are sitting.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Agreed.
I think it's hard for people to get past their personal experience of talking on the phone in the car a few times and not having an accident.
Is it considered more than one task if you're talking to the passenger(s) in the car while driving?
Leona, I think the difference with passengers is that they're aware of what's going on on the road as well. They'll let you pause mid sentence; they'll let talk less when the driving gets difficult.
Also when you talk on the phone your brain actually builds an image of that person including a setting. All of this takes up your attention.
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