Path: utzoo!lsuc!nrcaer!cognos!dgbt!gandalf!edlee
From: edlee@gandalf.UUCP (Ed Lee)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: car fone
Keywords: car fone
Message-ID: <2588@gandalf.UUCP>
Date: 21 Aug 89 19:43:45 GMT
Distribution: can
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What ever happened to the saying:

     "Do  not converse with the operator of this vehicle while
      its in motion!"

Have   we  become  such  good  drivers   that  we  are  capable  of
multitasking?   I don't think so!  Then why do the government allow
people to have car phones?  Thus:

     "Do  not converse with the operator of this vehicle while
      its in motion!  Converse with the  operator  of  another
      vehicle!!  (Besides, it'll be safer for you!)"

Personally,  I don't have one, don't plan on getting one, can't see
that  I would ever want one.  Besides, I'm not even good at talking
to other  people in the car while  I'm driving; especially when I'm
going through  some heavy  traffic (not  necessarily stop  and go).
However, I'm curious about what the statistics are in phone related
car accidents; someone out there must  have  some  data  this.    I
wonder whether  Bell considered  the consequences  of their  bid to
make more money than the millions they are making aready.

     "Honest  officer, it wasn't my fault!   My wife just told
      me she is pregnant!  That's when I dropped the phone and
      lost control of my car!!"

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The opinion  expressed here are mine or  no one's depending on your
implications so you're not allowed  to  blame  me  or  anyone  just
because you don't like it!