Lobby
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29677-2003Dec2.html
"There's no research that shows hands-free is necessarily safer," said Kim Kuo, spokeswoman for the District-based Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. "Nobody is proposing to ban to-go coffee cups or radios in cars. Those are not just equal, too, but more dangerous. Cell phones are way down the list."
And hey, cigarettes aren't addictive either. Empirical evidence to the contrary of this lobbyist - I am focussing quite a bit less on the road when I'm whispering sweet nothings into the ear of my cellphone than when I'm drumming on the steering wheel while blaring my car radio too loudly. It could just be a lack of practice, though. I'll attempt to get more proficient driving with the cell phone.
"There's no research that shows hands-free is necessarily safer," said Kim Kuo, spokeswoman for the District-based Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. "Nobody is proposing to ban to-go coffee cups or radios in cars. Those are not just equal, too, but more dangerous. Cell phones are way down the list."
And hey, cigarettes aren't addictive either. Empirical evidence to the contrary of this lobbyist - I am focussing quite a bit less on the road when I'm whispering sweet nothings into the ear of my cellphone than when I'm drumming on the steering wheel while blaring my car radio too loudly. It could just be a lack of practice, though. I'll attempt to get more proficient driving with the cell phone.