I think it s not a concentration problem but more like the fact of having the hands free especially in the case for example of an emergency stop where the fact of changing down could be crucial in France phoning while driving is forbidden since several years can t say if it comes from that because there was a policy of automatic radars installation too but the number of deads drops regularly since several years

That will just force people to use hands free which is just as distracting. Like I said I'd prefer to see them using it so I know to beware of them. That's not possible if they use hands free.

I totally agree with you about pulling cell phone records when driving though, provided of course that was the cause of the crash...

BTW the worst distracted driver I ever saw was a guy talking on a cellphone while reading a newspaper propped up on the steering wheel, at the same time also using both hands to peel an orange. This was on Rt 128 in Massachusetts during rush hour, easily the busiest most dangerous road in the entire state.

Hands-free is just as distracting than hand-held. However, with hands-free the driver has both hands on the wheel, and is better equipped to react to situations. These are the only grounds I can see for getting rid of hand-held use while driving, because "distraction" as a reason is too vague and subjective. Physical reaction ability is a much easier way to getr morons to put the phones down.
I remember once on the I-5 near San Jose almost losing control as a guy in an SUV sailed past. He was on the phone, but he had it on his shoulder. One hand was on the wheel, the other was in the passenger seat, icing a cake.

In the UK mobile phones are already banned but hands free are still legal. Yet loads of people still use mobiles when they are driving. Its crackers.

The other thing bugs me are people who smoke in the car when they are driving along that really annoys me. Wish they wouldn't do it. You got to concentrate that is the whole point of driving. In the hands of a wrong person a car is a deadly weapon.

We got the same problem as U533.

Its officially an offence here, but how the hell are we meant to discourage it when you got blokes who are meant to be setting the example, doing precisely the wrong thing!

Example - on the way to work, coppa goes flying past, yackin on the phone, changed lanes without indicating, cut off a truck, and then went through a just-turned-red light. 2 sets of rules i suppose.

I have 2 bumper stickers on my car (well 4 but 2 arent for this topic) they say the following:

"I brake for tailgaters!"

and

"The closer you are, the slower I drive"

i like em:rock:

I saw one the other day on her mobile phone, I called out that's against the law and was met by some very strong verbal abuse. :nope:

What's worse than cell phones in a car is four women. The driver has to always look at the person they are talking to.
My God have I just said something sexist?

Alright officer I'll come quietly.:damn:

A little correction to what i said in France phoning while driving is only forbidden if you hold the phone in the hand hands free kits are authorised if you are taken in the act of infringement you incur a 35E fine and the loss of two points on the driver license which contains 12