# NTSB recommands ban on driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic device

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [December 13, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ntsb-recommands-ban-on-driver-use-of-cell-phones-and-other-portable-electronic-device/261751 "2011-12-13T11:10:23Z")
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### Author: ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ntsb-recommands-ban-on-driver-use-of-cell-phones-and-other-portable-electronic-device/261751/34 "2011-12-15T06:20:02Z")

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> [@Earth day '08](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/earth-day-08/47213/58):
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> ooh it seems completely different to me.  
> listening to the radio seems more like a passive thing over something like texting, when they’re looking at their phone, or talking on it.  
> at least when you’re looking at the landscape you have your eyes looking above the dash/steering wheel.  
> eating and drinking can and usually is done without taking the driver’s eyes off of the road.  
> rubbernecking is the same situation. driver’s eyes arent leaving the road.
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> if you absolutely HAVE to talk on the phone, put it on speaker. it’s not hard.

Everything except for actions made to maneuver a car on a road is literally a distraction. No matter how small or how large. Its up to the DRIVER to say whether or not those actions IMPAIR their ability to maneuver the car correctly.

Putting it on speaker is no different, becasue most people still hold it up like a CB radio becasue the mic and speakers all suck ass on phones… sooooo why not just hold it to your ear? If you are driving an automatic trans, you dont need 2 hands at all times, even people with driving talent can drive a standard with one hand. Hell I have a friend without an arm and he drives a manual AND rides a motorcycle! And its his right arm thats missing!

What causes accidents with cell phone calls are retards that get so engulfed with the calls they zone out. SAME people zone out talking or arguing with people inside the car. The phone isnt the basis for the accident, its driver awareness CAUSED by their inability to focus becasue they are easily distracted. The phone call is a gateway to distraction, like all my other examples.

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