Calling with a hands free device isn’t any safer. The danger isn’t holding something in your hand. It’s having a conversation with someone who isn’t there
It’s generally just a bad idea to distract yourself while operating a two tonne machine that can go 120 km/h. Studies have shown that talking while driving at all significantly reduces your situational awareness and reaction speed.
Me with android auto and Bluetooth loudspeaker: hold my beer
Calling with a hands free device isn’t any safer. The danger isn’t holding something in your hand. It’s having a conversation with someone who isn’t there
What about the voices in my head?
I think that would count as a passenger. I usually just try to ignore them
Yeah. I mean, they can see the car weaving lanes too fast and coming in our directi- DEREK SLOW D— generic crashing sounds
Why is that more dangerous than a conversation with someone who is there?
Someone in the car reacts to what the driver is doing. Pausing the conversation when making a turn and that kind of thing
Inb4 AI that manages the call for you by delaying responses, etc (and whoever tries first will probably screw it up badly)
That makes sense. TIL
It’s generally just a bad idea to distract yourself while operating a two tonne machine that can go 120 km/h. Studies have shown that talking while driving at all significantly reduces your situational awareness and reaction speed.
Then try steering the wheel and changing gears at the same time, with just one hand. Let me know how that goes