Hands-free phones, the cell phones that have the clever earpiece attachment; are the answer many cell phones users preach. They believe that if one does not need to hold the phone to their ear, they can put both hands on the wheel and therefore the cell phone in a car cann

ot be a problem. Studies have shown and proven that it is the conversation that is the problem and not the matter of hands-free or hand held cell phones (Sodhi 2002). David Strayer is the associate professor at the University of Utah; he and his team completed a study regarding the use cell phones in cars. The group of twenty male and female volunteers drove two trials in a simulator, one with a cell phone and one without.

The result of Strayer’s test clearly indicated that reactions were slower when people used a cell phone while driving. They got into more rear-end collisions and were unresponsive to unpredictable things like a car breaking down in front of them or a light changing (“Cell Phone Related Accidents.” 2003).

Some of the trials were completed using hands-free phones and others were completed with hand-held cell phones and David Strayer proved that there is no difference in reaction time between the two (“Cell Phone Related Accidents.” 2003). The safe choice is not a hands-free cell phone anymore; it’s no phone at all.

25%-50% of all motor vehicle accidents have driver distraction as the root of the problem. That is approximately 4000 – 8000 collisions a day (“Distracted Drivers: Should Cell Phones be Outlawed” July 18, 2000). Cell phones are a distraction in a car, but what about the radio, food, or even other passengers, are they also not distractions?

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