Cell Phones and driving.
01-21-2005, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Elistan,Jan 21 2005, 10:29 AM
I personally tend to be quite non-verbal with passengers when I'm on-track because it is distracting.
Oh, and Jeff? Ask yourself how it would affect your autox time if you drove the course carrying on a cellphone conversation.
01-21-2005, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Elistan,Jan 21 2005, 08:29 AM
But I certainly don't think having the other person physically present makes it any less distracting.
01-21-2005, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Jan 21 2005, 12:50 AM
Oh, and Jeff? Ask yourself how it would affect your autox time if you drove the course carrying on a cellphone conversation.
j/k I don't drive/talk much in the S2000 - too loud for a decent conversation
I did get a FTOD once with a passenger who wouldn't shut up (that was a non-championship event held @ GRCC though 
)No question that a part of your concentration is taken away by a conversation while driving. I certainly won't argue that is isn't.
How about this:
Every person brings a different set of skills and level of awareness to the party when it comes to driving. Some such as yourself have a lot of seat time on the track. You bring a set of technical skills and more importantly the knowledge of what your car will do in extreme situations.
The need for looking ahead on the track is critical - it teaches you to look ahead on the road as well. The average driver with no HPDE/auto-x experience generally doesn't look any further ahead than the next bumper in front of them. Just the simple act of looking far ahead would prevent a lot of problems IMO.
I would feel safer on the road driving next to you (even if 15% of your concentration was diverted by a phone conversation) than the average commuter who may not be on the phone but still has a myriad of other potential distractions that can reduce their already IMO substandard driving ability.
85% of a skilled driver > 100% of a sh!tty driver.
01-21-2005, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Jan 21 2005, 09:37 AM
Well, I suppose that sort of depends on how cute she is.
01-21-2005, 04:46 PM
#87
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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Jan 21 2005, 01:21 PM
Ah, I've had Miki H. as my instructor. They don't come much hotter, either as drivers or as women.
01-28-2005, 11:10 PM
#88
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one week gone by. Roughly 500 miles driven. ~13 hours on the road. Slightly over an hour of those 13 hours on the phone.
Somehow I managed to cheat death repeatedly. No accidents, incidents or close calls.
This thread got me thinking... the last two times I've been hit by another driver the drivers just happened to be black women.
Using the same logic as those who have had close calls/accidents with cell phone using drivers should I be calling for laws that prohibit black women from driving?!?
Not *every* person talking on the phone while driving is a menace.
Somehow I managed to cheat death repeatedly. No accidents, incidents or close calls.
This thread got me thinking... the last two times I've been hit by another driver the drivers just happened to be black women.
Using the same logic as those who have had close calls/accidents with cell phone using drivers should I be calling for laws that prohibit black women from driving?!?
Not *every* person talking on the phone while driving is a menace.
01-29-2005, 02:59 AM
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[quote name='lig' date='Jan 29 2005, 03:10 AM'] one week gone by.
01-29-2005, 08:11 AM
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Rob -
All I can offer is my own experience. I've had a phone in the car or a cell phone since the '80s.
Zero problems / accidents / even tickets directly related to cell phone use and driving.
I've done some dumbass things behind the wheel and engaged in behavior *way* more distracting than talking on a phone and had wrecks - but none of them were caused by talking.
I'm in sales. Communicating verbally is like breathing for me.
All I can offer is my own experience. I've had a phone in the car or a cell phone since the '80s.
Zero problems / accidents / even tickets directly related to cell phone use and driving.
I've done some dumbass things behind the wheel and engaged in behavior *way* more distracting than talking on a phone
and had wrecks - but none of them were caused by talking.I'm in sales. Communicating verbally is like breathing for me.