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Is holding your cell phone to your ear while driving now as socially unacceptable as drinking and driving?

TMZ.com has been reporting on them in the same light as of late. They caught popular singer Brandy on her phone today.

Story here: http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/21/brandy-pulls-a-shriver/
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I don't think we're there yet, but I would imagine it's headed in that direction. As more and more people know of someone who was involved, or even killed, in an accident that was caused by someone who was paying more attention to their phone conversation than to their awesome responsibility to make sure their undivided attention is on the road. Even hands free phones have been found to create distraction to the point of causing accidents as people are involved in the latest tidbit of conversation.

If cell phone distraction continues to grow as a factor in accidents, it is inevitable that the number of family members surviving cell phone distraction fatalities will grow. Those grieving families will find each other and will work together to try and fight the senselessness that took their loved one from them. they will do it to honor the memory of their loved ones, to make sure their death was not in vain.

Cell phone conversations in cars don't stand a chance.

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thebandit
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October 22, 2009 03:13 AM
Definitely not. There just isn't as much mass publicity about people who are killed because of calling/texting while driving. By contrast, whenever someone gets a DWI, it's in the news, people are outraged, the works. People just aren't as aware of the dangers of calling people while driving, and the impression I get when talking to people is that even though a law just got passed here (North Carolina), they see it as a frivolous one.

As far as it getting TMZ coverage, that still isn't quite the same for three reasons:

1) They're celebrities, so they don't have the same visceral impact of people in your community getting reported on;
2) Not everyone reads TMZ in the first place; and
3) The people who read TMZ will likely lose this story in the never-ending carnival of other, sexier gossip.
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demanda
demanda
October 22, 2009 03:26 AM
Maybe in some places, like LA, but certainly not everywhere. Where I live, in Tennessee, it is not illegal to talk on a cell phone and drive (unless you're under 18 or a school bus driver). It's only illegal to text while driving here. However, even though it's not illegal here, the act of talking while driving is still a hot topic...but I don't think anywhere near the level of drunk driving.
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October 22, 2009 03:59 AM
In Phoenix it is a terrible problem. Many of the wrecks here are caused due to lack of concentration while talking on the cell or even worse texting while driving. It is becoming a terrible dilemma for all the drivers here.
It is just as dangerous and people have not yet seemed to realize this.
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bilza
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October 22, 2009 07:55 PM
i dont think its as bad as drinking and driving, but i believe its still dangerous, and with peoples life at stake, should be taken very seriously.
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psionandy
psionandy
October 22, 2009 08:14 PM
I don't think its yet at the position where its considered as bad as drink driving. In fact its taken 20 years or so of continual nagging to get drink driving recognized as the horrifically stupid activity that it actually is.

However I do think its now approaching speeding in terms of seriousness. Mind you most people don't really consider speed as serious unless they get a ticket for it.
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ilovebookz
ilovebookz
October 23, 2009 03:42 AM
I think it is more illegal in a lot of states than being socially unacceptable. What do you care if the person in the car next to you during rush hour thinks you are being unsocialable when you're driving alone. You tell your kids not to talk to strangers so follow your own advice.
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