What?s all the Publicity about? Citizens have been driving for years with distractions. Now all of a sudden with all the media buildup cellular phones have become the poster child for distractions. What about all the other distractions: eating in the car, putting on makeup, combing hair, reading the paper, shaving, changing clothes, waving at people, waving at other cars, putting on shoes, spanking your kids, trying to find your purse, searching for the remote to the radio, trying to read the GPS etc?etc. I can think of about fifty without even trying. But now technology has spun out of control and we?re texting all over the place. I can tell you it?s because when we?re in the car that?s the only time that we have to text and talk. Other than that, I?m busy. Once the car stops I?ve got things to do.

Let?s Be Sincere. Driving while texting or talking is unsafe and the only way that I can think of to minimize that danger is not to text while driving, or with the use of a headset. That of course is not the only solution but perhaps you?ll be able to keep your eyes on the road. Every cellular phone user should invest in a headset preferably a Bluetooth. How hip is that? Instant hands-free. You can?t get any cooler than that. At first glance I didn?t even consider the use of a headset. I didn?t get it. I didn?t want to change. After all I?d used a cell phone since ?89 so how dare I change. I must have a device to my ear. Why? Must every person know that I?m on the phone?

It?s the Law. In several States it?s now against the law to use a cell phone without a bluetooth hands-free device while driving and the laws differ from City to City and from State to State. California was the first State to have the California Wireless Telephone Automobile Safety Act, New Jersey and the District of Columbia have a hands free law, and several cities in Texas.

What are you waiting for? An collision, well by then it?s too late and the life you save just possibly will be your own. Can you picture taking the life of someone else because of a cell phone? I can?t even picture such a tragedy. So for the sake of others and my peace of mind I?ve invested in a Bluetooth. My first Bluetooth, wow, it?s been 20 years and I?m in the end taking some responsibility as a cell phone user. I?ve purchased the Noise Assassin from Aws Wireless. It?s supposed to be the best. I?ve used it a week and it?s Grand. This is the best thing since Chocolate. I?m hooked.

cellular phone use while driving is common but controversial. Being distracted while operating a motor vehicle has been shown to increase the risk of an accident. Because of this, many state governments have made the use of a cell phone while driving illegal. Washington, California, Oregon and Arizona are just a few states of the many that penalized drivers caught using their mobile phones while behind the wheel. The same restrictions apply to drivers worldwide.

While the popularity of mobile phones has grown enormously in the past couple decades, the demand for hands-free kits increased as well. In several states it?s mandatory to use a hand-free device while operating a vehicle. Hefty fines are issued to drivers who don’t abide by their state governing rules regarding cell phone use while driving. While some say it?s tough to determine how many accidents were results from cell phones, what is certain is that talking on the phone and texting while driving both lead to distraction. Case studies show that driver inattentiveness is the leading cause of car accidents.
A new study confirms that reaction time of cell phone users are astoundingly delayed, hightening the risk of accidents. Researchers indicate that “If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, their reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not using a cell phone,” said University of Utah psychology professor David Strayer. “It’s like instantly aging a large number of drivers.”

Retailers of hands-free cell phone kits typically point out that driving with a cell phone in one hand and the steering wheel in the other is dangerous. The implication is that using the hands-free kind isn?t. New research agrees with their selling point. A review of studies into the ergonomic and psychological issues of using a cell phone behind the wheel, concludes that when it comes to driving safety, there is certainly a difference between hands-free bluetooth users versus hands-on cell phone use by drivers.

In 2008, over 800,000 people were texting, making calls, or using a handheld cell phone while behind the wheel of a motor vehicle in the United States. Statistics that same year reported that distracted driving killed roughly 6,000 Americans, and injured 330,000. As always there is proof in the numbers, so clearly cell phone use while driving a major cause of accidents.

The consistency of increased crash risk between hands-free use and hand held cell phone use is at odds with legislation in many locations that prohibits cell phone use while driving. Talking, dialing or texting on a cell phone is more distracting than using a hands-free devices that offer voice-dialing and handsfree operation. It is apparent that hands-free use will reduce or eliminate that increased risk of an accident.