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From: ndonald@ccu.UManitoba.CA (Nick Donaldson)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: car fone
Keywords: car fone
Message-ID: <331@ccu.UManitoba.CA>
Date: 28 Aug 89 13:58:54 GMT
References: <2588@gandalf.UUCP>
Reply-To: ndonald@ccu.UManitoba.CA (Nick Donaldson)
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Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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In article <2588@gandalf.UUCP> edlee@gandalf.UUCP (Ed Lee) writes:
>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:
I guess the car phone idea is another product of our we-want-it-now
society. Considering the incredible number of phone booths that one
can find in any reasonably-sized town or city, a car phone isn't extremely
necessary. I think we managed to live without them before. And, I HIGHLY
DOUBT THAT WE ARE GOOD ENOUGH DRIVERS to be on the road without the
distraction of car phones. If it isn't bad enough that people don't seem
to pay attention as they drive, what happens when they are chatting away
with someone and don't even notice the light they went through or the
crosswalk they were supposed to stop at. I'm not exaggerating either.
I have seen a lot of drivers who just don't pay attention as they drive.
The idea of car phones makes it worse. That's my opinion anyway. I
suppose answering machines will be the next thing to go into the car. :-)
At this rate, there will be so much stuff in the car, there will be no
room for the driver. :-) Not a bad idea maybe.........:-)

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        Nick Donaldson
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If I know then, what I knew now, it wouldn't make any difference.