Bluetooth Headset That Actually Works

[€uroMeinke]

My company banned the use of cell phones and other devices while driving earlier this year. Exceptions were given to hands free units, but their use was also discouraged as there didn't seem to be that much improvement in safety, that cell phone use while driving in general was equivalent to drunk driving:

e.g.

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I feel very confident in saying that I am a SAFER driver when I am on the phone.

How you ask?

Simple: I drive slower (usually the speed limit), don't change lanes, and stay within the flow of traffic when I am on the phone. W

Exactly what drunk drivers do to think they are driving "safer."

Apparently talking to a passenger is safer, as there is another person in the car who might be watching the road and can alert the driver of of hazards that might not be noticed - perhaps is the headset came with a webcam?

[CoasterMatt]

http://www.gulfnews.com/world/U.S.A/10179204.html

Here's an even more recent study about people using cellphones while driving

The quote of the article -

"It's a bit like breaking wind in the elevator. Everyone suffers," Peter Martin of the University of Utah's Traffic Lab said in a telephone interview.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Exactly what drunk drivers do to think they are driving "safer."

But in my case, it's true

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

"It's a bit like breaking wind in the elevator. Everyone suffers," Peter Martin of the University of Utah's Traffic Lab said in a telephone interview.

I wonder if he was on his cell phone driving during the interview?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

But if all the drivers are wearing headsets, how am I supposed to reach in and throw their phone in the gutter after they almost run me over in the crosswalk?

(Not that I ever did such a thing)

No problem, just take their ear along with the headset.

[Moonliner]

First off the study that says cell phone use is as dangerous as drunk driving was poorly conducted.

* The comparison is to a driver at the legal limit. Not smashed. So what they are really saying is that cell phone use is no more dangerous than a legal driver.

* The researchers did not directly assess whether the phones caused accidents

* Nationwide cell phone usage is up and accident rates are down

Also can you define "accident"? Are we including just serious collisions or do fender benders count too?

Personally, what I see here is an effect that's becoming more and more prevalent. Person-A is annoyed by something Person-B is doing. They can't get an outright ban on it due to all that personal freedom crap so they drum up an excuse based on either:

Health and Safety
National Security
or
The children! Think of the children!

and try to get it banned that way.

[CoasterMatt]

I'll just keep putting dents in car hoods when a-holes are too busy chatting with Mitzy to stop their freakin' Volvos...

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

I'll just keep putting dents in car hoods when a-holes are too busy chatting with Mitzy to stop their freakin' Volvos...

Mitzy from the Hamptons? Can her husband do my plastic surgery?

[Gemini Cricket]

I like using my EE-8 Military Field Phone that I got back in World War II. Very reliable.

[Moonliner]

Hey Kevy:

How about an update are you still grooving on the Jawbone?

[Kevy Baby]

Ab-so-frickin-lutely

As are the 6 people who I have talked into buying one. This thing really works well.