Last week's "zero tolerance" day resulted in some 900 tickets for cell phone users. So, conversationalists are urged to hang up and drive -- and find other ways of funding state coffers.
The CHP claims that cell phone usage is the No. 1 cause of accidents caused by "inattentive drivers." No word on where "drinking coffee" or "looking for toll money" land on that list.
As before, SF Weekly warns that studies have consistently shown
that all the factors that make it inadvisable to talk on a phone while
driving -- distractedness, slowed reaction time -- are exacerbated just
as much by hands-free devices.
What's more, hands-free devices -- which are legal -- offer drivers a sense of security
statistics don't back up. Sadly, you're four times as likely to have an
accident if you're yapping on the phone, according to some studies.
Needless to say -- let's be careful out there.
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