Well It's already illegal here in OZ to drive and use your cell phone in your hand. You can have a hands free kit installed and that is ok to use. But hand held is a big no no - not that it's seems to have had much of an effect as I see people doing it all the time.
Oh but we call them mobile phones here. And the ones at home that you can cart about with you are called cordless. We like to be ifferent! Cheers Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "pat brown" nqsqurtz@mail.staffnet.com To: candichat@dolls.de Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Dolly Dollars
Well, I pay for the comfort of having that phone, and it has come in
handy,
though it costs more than I like. Cell phones give me a piece of mind.
But
I will admit, I practically have my own accidents when I see people barely holding onto the steering wheel with one hand when making left turns and talking on cell phones at the same time. I've done periodic counts of 10 cars at a time and the number of people talking on cell phones and I get about 40% of drivers are talking on cell phones. I'm still not certain if
I
get bent out of shape over these folks talking on cell phones because I DO NOT have anyone that I want to talk to that much--or if I think they
really
do make driving hazardous. I know the research is still being done on the hazardous component. But I suspect the day of reckoning is coming and
there
will be a national law about driving and talking on cell phones.
Sometimes I feel so dated...