Driving the freeways while ‘phone drunk’
Re “Cellphone Headset Use Isn’t Safer for Drivers,” July 12:
Anyone who drives the L.A. freeways knows that cellphones don’t belong anywhere near the driver’s seat.
When I see someone weaving or toddling along at 55 mph in the fast lane, I know that there must be a long- distance conversation going on, even if that driver isn’t holding a phone. I often wonder if the party not in the automobile is a spouse, lawyer, doctor, boyfriend or child. In any case, I know that conversation should not be going on. It is dangerous!
I see that the insurance industry agrees with me, even if the cellphone industry does not.
It is going to be interesting to see which of the titans of American society is going to win.
Bob Winners
Glendale
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A more descriptive term for using a cellphone while driving: Driving phone drunk.
The difference between driving drunk and driving phone drunk? Phone drunks know they are incapacitated but choose to ignore responsibility for their actions. I’m not sure we can fix it, but at least we should properly name it.
Charlie Black
Irvine
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