# Cell Phone Driver Rant #...who cares... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 3, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-driver-rant-who-cares/130640 "2002-10-03T05:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-driver-rant-who-cares/130640/21 "2002-10-05T13:33:34Z")
I’m with Lego- I cannot talk on the phone and drive (so I don’t). I found that when I tried it, I couldn’t concentrate on the road and would usually slow WAY down from normal speed, or I’d lose track of where the hell I was going. Maybe I’m easily distracted, but that’s how it is, and I suspect I’m not alone. I have never had that problem from simply driving with one hand on the wheel. (And I used hands fee long before the ear piece jobbers with my mounted car phone. It still gave me trouble) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-driver-rant-who-cares/130640/22 "2002-10-07T03:56:20Z")
Sometimes I wonder if people should even be allowed to _walk_ and use mobile phones at the same time. So far I’ve seen people: -plow straight into me and not even bother to look up until after they’d bounced off my chest -weaving from side to side all over the sidewalk as they talk -slowing down or even coming to a full stop in the middle of a crowded sidewalk as they try to read their email -swinging their hands out wildly as they talk, oblivious to the people standing near them I shudder at the thought of any of these idiots piloting two tons of steel down the road. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-driver-rant-who-cares/130640/23 "2002-10-07T10:31:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > **Or the people who talk on their cells while in line at the store, or at a restaurant. YUCK YUCK YUCK.** What’s wrong with yapping on the phone while you’re queuing at a supermarket? I can pay for my stuff at the same time without causing any delay to others. Using a phone at a restaurant, on the other hand, is unclassy. \*\*Legomancer: > [@](#): > > Talking on the phone is NOT the same as talking to another person in the car. For one thing, there’s one less pair of eyes watching what’s going on. For another, when you talk on the phone, you’re in a different place. Back when the term “cyberspace” was still in vogue, there was a saying, “Cyberspace is where you are when you’re on the phone.” The sentiment is correct - on the phone, you and the other person share a sort of virtual space removed from where you currently are. > > Some people can talk on the phone and drive at the same time. However, what I’m seeing, and I seem to be backed up on this, is that most people can’t. \*\*That’s a great explanation! I’ve never been able to explain how talking on the phone in the car is so very distracting compared to chatting with a person in the car. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-driver-rant-who-cares/130640.md?page=1)