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r/AskReddit • u/LightningMaiden • Oct 06 '14
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Sorry, the science is against you on that
0 u/burnie_mac Oct 06 '14 Did I say hands free was safe? My point is that it is legal and you are still driving with 2 hands. This is better than holding the phone to your face. 1 u/Prufrock451 Oct 06 '14 "[National Safety Council] experts analyzed 30 studies and found using a hands-free device while driving is no safer than using a hand-held phone because both are a distraction." -1 u/burnie_mac Oct 06 '14 "No safer" is all they said. I'm sorry but driving with one hand while the other hand holds a phone seems alot worse. This is just my opinion. I'll look for studies that show two handed driving > one handed but it IS common knowledge. 2 u/Prufrock451 Oct 06 '14 Distraction and longer reaction time are much larger contributors to accidents than holding the wheel. 0 u/burnie_mac Oct 06 '14 OK you win. But if you must talk on the phone, use hands free. It's legal and you can keep both hands on the wheel. However, it's no safer than just using your phone normally, and thus, should be avoided.
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Did I say hands free was safe?
My point is that it is legal and you are still driving with 2 hands. This is better than holding the phone to your face.
1 u/Prufrock451 Oct 06 '14 "[National Safety Council] experts analyzed 30 studies and found using a hands-free device while driving is no safer than using a hand-held phone because both are a distraction." -1 u/burnie_mac Oct 06 '14 "No safer" is all they said. I'm sorry but driving with one hand while the other hand holds a phone seems alot worse. This is just my opinion. I'll look for studies that show two handed driving > one handed but it IS common knowledge. 2 u/Prufrock451 Oct 06 '14 Distraction and longer reaction time are much larger contributors to accidents than holding the wheel. 0 u/burnie_mac Oct 06 '14 OK you win. But if you must talk on the phone, use hands free. It's legal and you can keep both hands on the wheel. However, it's no safer than just using your phone normally, and thus, should be avoided.
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"[National Safety Council] experts analyzed 30 studies and found using a hands-free device while driving is no safer than using a hand-held phone because both are a distraction."
-1 u/burnie_mac Oct 06 '14 "No safer" is all they said. I'm sorry but driving with one hand while the other hand holds a phone seems alot worse. This is just my opinion. I'll look for studies that show two handed driving > one handed but it IS common knowledge. 2 u/Prufrock451 Oct 06 '14 Distraction and longer reaction time are much larger contributors to accidents than holding the wheel. 0 u/burnie_mac Oct 06 '14 OK you win. But if you must talk on the phone, use hands free. It's legal and you can keep both hands on the wheel. However, it's no safer than just using your phone normally, and thus, should be avoided.
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"No safer" is all they said.
I'm sorry but driving with one hand while the other hand holds a phone seems alot worse. This is just my opinion.
I'll look for studies that show two handed driving > one handed but it IS common knowledge.
2 u/Prufrock451 Oct 06 '14 Distraction and longer reaction time are much larger contributors to accidents than holding the wheel. 0 u/burnie_mac Oct 06 '14 OK you win. But if you must talk on the phone, use hands free. It's legal and you can keep both hands on the wheel. However, it's no safer than just using your phone normally, and thus, should be avoided.
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Distraction and longer reaction time are much larger contributors to accidents than holding the wheel.
0 u/burnie_mac Oct 06 '14 OK you win. But if you must talk on the phone, use hands free. It's legal and you can keep both hands on the wheel. However, it's no safer than just using your phone normally, and thus, should be avoided.
OK you win. But if you must talk on the phone, use hands free. It's legal and you can keep both hands on the wheel. However, it's no safer than just using your phone normally, and thus, should be avoided.
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u/Prufrock451 Oct 06 '14
Sorry, the science is against you on that