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Use of Mobile phones
by Mohit on Jan 03, 2006 11:00 AM

You're driving down the highway, hands on the wheel, eyes on the road, when you're suddenly confronted by another driver behaving strangely.

It's not that they're driving recklessly exactlythey seem more... oblivious. You pull alongside and, sure enough, they're talking on a cell phone.

Sound familiar? Of course it does.It has happened with each one of us .

Almost all of us use cellphones while driving .

At the same time, new studies indicate that chatty drivers are about as safe as drunks. That adds up to alot and alot of accidents waiting to happen. Given that, it seems obvious... there ought to be a law.

Whoa! You say. Hang on. These phones are mobile for a reason this is what they're designed for.

That's right, and your car was designed to plough into the back of my car when you're busy checking your messages.

a Friend of mine says Mohit ! what you fail to appreciate is that I've got one of these fancy, hands-free rigs with the headset. So, no problem, got it covered. Guess again!

Well, here's a news flash, it's not your hands we're worried about; it's the part of you that's supposed to be paying attention. Look around once in a while. Not

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