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Talking to someone in the car is much less distracting then talking on the phone. I think the theory is that passengers are more contextually aware.
by akvadrako 7y ago
Talking to someone in the car is much less distracting then talking on the phone. I think the theory is that passengers are more contextually aware.
- mindslight 7y agoYet there were many PSAs showing teens hanging out in a car, having a good time, distracting the driver with peer pressure, and causing a crash. And somehow we seemed to get past that. But yes, that is why I said "good friends" - if you're talking to someone non-understanding where you're trying to "keep up" and can't just interrupt and ignore them at a moments notice, then the temptation is to modify your driving to suit the conversation. I reckon there is a similar dynamic around texting (dopamine from the social interaction), where if everyone were capable of holding themselves to say one letter every 30 seconds we wouldn't have this epidemic at all. Although to be clear I'm certainly not condoning any sort of texting or app use, they are too compelling.