Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-09-07 7:01 p.m., Hank Rogers wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2019-09-07 6:04 p.m., Hank Rogers wrote:
>
>>>> For cases involving deaths, there should be a mandatory sentence
>>>> for:
>>>>
>>>> Manslaughter, voluntary, intentional fiddling with telephone.
>>>>
>>>> minimum 20 years, no parole, no good time credits.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Works for me.
>>>
>>
>> Eventually this will be a crime and it will be slowly snuffed out.
>> Then we can read the death tolls on sites like wiki. If we live
>> long enough to see the end.
>>
>> At the risk of sounding like crazy dsi1, we may eventually have
>> cell phones that are interlocked with the car, and will not
>> function if the vehicle's engine is active. Maybe some will phone
>> home to george jetson!
>>
>> Meanwhile, the morgues will CONTINUALLY have new telephone
>> customers every day.
>
> Most new cars have Bluetooth. That allows cell phone users to go no
> hands, which is still legal.* I am not sure that hands free is all
> that much safer than hands on, but it at least allows people to talk
> on the phone and still have hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.
>
>

BBluetooth won't help One needs mental presence as well as physical
presence.


If I was looking intently at a video screen, concentrating only on
it, would you trust me to fly a plane you just got on? Even if it
was a harmless bluetooth connection?.

If we were in an army platoon, deep in enemy territory, would you be
comfortable having me as platoon leader? Would you follow me,
knowing that I often stumble and make mistakes because I am
constantly fiddling with my bluetooth toys?