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[raven-blackbird]

""I don't want someone on the other end of the line being able to hear myself or anyone else in the restroom.""........... ummm how much noise do you make in a bathroom????......................raven

[missy1]

I lived without a cell phone, before they came out with them. The world functioned. People are so dependent on them.

[Suziepeach]

terrier and briii, that's wonderful being hands free!! It should be mandatory all over, even a bathroom stall.. LOL what's next for the bathroom, seat belts?

[chickenbutt]

They've had the hands-free only law in my state for some time, also. I thought that, by now, it was pretty much everywhere. I don't know to what extent it's enforced, though. I'm not one of those who are dependent on being connected 24/7, so I can actually drive from here to there without yapping on the phone the whole way.

[~moxie~]

On 3/6/2014 Suzie said:

Seems a good percentage of people have lost sensibility and common courtesy with cellphone usage. No, olive, you aren't being old fashioned and have a legitimate gripe.

Tennessee is trying to get a only hands free law when behind the wheel of a vehicle - I sure hope it goes through. I'd love to see hands free for the entire United States.

Hands free causes as many accidents as using phones that are not hands free. That is the new statistic that came out a couple weeks ago. Hands free drivers get in as many accidents as those that use cell phones. They are still distracted.

[raven-blackbird]

On 3/6/2014 ~moxie~ said:

On 3/6/2014 Suzie said:

Seems a good percentage of people have lost sensibility and common courtesy with cellphone usage. No, olive, you aren't being old fashioned and have a legitimate gripe.

Tennessee is trying to get a only hands free law when behind the wheel of a vehicle - I sure hope it goes through. I'd love to see hands free for the entire United States.

Hands free causes as many accidents as using phones that are not hands free. That is the new statistic that came out a couple weeks ago. Hands free drivers get in as many accidents as those that use cell phones. They are still distracted.

see I have issues with the stats on that.........hands free is no different then having a conversation with someone in your car.......rather that's your kids, your hubs, a friend........if you want to play it that way, then we need a law saying only the driver in the car.........and that's a ridiculous notion..................................raven

[straykatz]

On 3/6/2014 blackbirdraven said:

""I don't want someone on the other end of the line being able to hear myself or anyone else in the restroom.""........... ummm how much noise do you make in a bathroom????......................raven

You can't hide the sound of a toilet flush......there are also sounds that go with tinkling that definately separates its sound from running water....and so on.

[~moxie~]

On 3/6/2014 blackbirdraven said:

On 3/6/2014 ~moxie~ said:

On 3/6/2014 Suzie said:

Seems a good percentage of people have lost sensibility and common courtesy with cellphone usage. No, olive, you aren't being old fashioned and have a legitimate gripe.

Tennessee is trying to get a only hands free law when behind the wheel of a vehicle - I sure hope it goes through. I'd love to see hands free for the entire United States.

Hands free causes as many accidents as using phones that are not hands free. That is the new statistic that came out a couple weeks ago. Hands free drivers get in as many accidents as those that use cell phones. They are still distracted.

see I have issues with the stats on that.........hands free is no different then having a conversation with someone in your car.......rather that's your kids, your hubs, a friend........if you want to play it that way, then we need a law saying only the driver in the car.........and that's a ridiculous notion..................................raven

The most sophisticated of hands-free cell phone devices cannot stop distractions from occurring. Handheld or hands-free is not the issue in the use of a phone. Both kind of devices distract the driver, usually by the conversations they are having. The statistics bear that out.

[straykatz]

On 3/6/2014 blackbirdraven said:

On 3/6/2014 ~moxie~ said:

On 3/6/2014 Suzie said:

Seems a good percentage of people have lost sensibility and common courtesy with cellphone usage. No, olive, you aren't being old fashioned and have a legitimate gripe.

Tennessee is trying to get a only hands free law when behind the wheel of a vehicle - I sure hope it goes through. I'd love to see hands free for the entire United States.

Hands free causes as many accidents as using phones that are not hands free. That is the new statistic that came out a couple weeks ago. Hands free drivers get in as many accidents as those that use cell phones. They are still distracted.

see I have issues with the stats on that.........hands free is no different then having a conversation with someone in your car.......rather that's your kids, your hubs, a friend........if you want to play it that way, then we need a law saying only the driver in the car.........and that's a ridiculous notion..................................raven

ITA....distracted drivers happen for many reasons....I believe the statistics of accidents caused by distracted drivers has increased significantly with the use of cell phones.

[Suziepeach]

My husband's company has a hands free policy and when he's hooked up through the car, I make darn sure he pays attention to the road. I am his personal nagivator!