Re: Ricochet and various wireless (was: Re: [PLUG] key-signing Thursday?)

[Art Alexion <arthur@alexion.com>]

I was going to avoid this topic, but I couldn't help it.

People have had conversations in cars since the advent of passenger 
seats.  I think most drivers on long trips desire conversation to keep 
them alert.

So why are phone conversations considered dangerous?

I think it has little to do with talking, and more to do with dialing 
and responding to automated systems.

Which also raises the question, "Why, at a time when phone menu system 
use is growing, are all the keypads being designed into the headsets?" 
 Those incompatible design combinations are an annoyance to use at home, 
let alone while driving.

That's te real danger of cell phone use while driving.

Noah silva wrote:

> Now driving and talking is another matter.  I don't think there should be
> specific laws against phone use in the car (because I don't favor adding
> even more laws to our tangled web of contradictory laws), but I think that
> it should be avoided.
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