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Hands Free Safe Drivers watch!

break.com — California is the latest state to require hands free use of cell phones while driving and as this video clearly demonstrates we are all much safer that way.

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  • eliot2000, on 07/03/2008, -5/+4Dugg, despite the Cubs slur.
  • eqlou, on 07/03/2008, -2/+36As bad as it sounds, this isn't wasn't that far from the truth. Especially the eating and driving.
    • Renegade.eit, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3Yeah, I agree, this isn't wasn't anything new.
      • thelock65, on 07/03/2008, -0/+18yeah, and especially the wood flute. i carve those all the time
    • yeahaboutthat, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1As I was watching the skit, it occurred to me that, with a few exceptions, I had accomplished each one of those bone-headed feats at some point in my 35+ years of driving. I remember one time trying to cut off the safety wrap of a CD using an open and very sharp pocket blade while going down the highway. Don't recall what the CD was, but I must have thought at the time it was worth dying for....

      funny skit though.
  • unitedfront, on 07/03/2008, -7/+3awesome.. and we can still text while driving! Go CALIFORNIA.
  • PBMainiac3, on 07/03/2008, -8/+2.


    i typed this long thing above, but I did it hands free..
  • iamvahe, on 07/03/2008, -12/+3"The base fine for the FIRST offense is $20 and $50 for subsequent convictions. With the addition of penalty assessments, the fines can be more than triple the base fine amount."

    The fines should be way more than that. $200+ dollars for every offense. I am sick of assholes doing 50mph in the fast lane because they're on their cell phone.
    • TomSawyer, on 07/03/2008, -2/+5Way to miss the point, comrade!
    • Hnnnnnghhh, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3Yeah I hate how my car automatically slows to 50mph when I only have 1 hand on the steering wheel. Someone should do something about that.
  • monkeycatDx, on 07/03/2008, -11/+3It's such a ***** stupid law, you can't talk on the phone while driving, but you can text... I am a ***** ass driver when I text while driving.
    • richiewrt, on 07/03/2008, -0/+15So quit texting while you drive.
    • IllBeBack, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4The law was proposed at a time when texting was not prevalent. Now that texting is prevalent, the same person that proposed this legislation has proposed more legislation that would outlaw texting.

      Now stop using your cell phone while you're driving and pay some ***** attention to the road.
    • Mothrog, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1"I am a ***** ass driver."

      Fixed.
  • arretx, on 07/03/2008, -6/+25How can a law like this make any sense? There's a radio, GPS, a myriad of various column mounted controls, children, cigarettes, and God knows what else possibly happening in the car. We've been screwing around with scan and seek for years. How is this going to help? Using hands free isn't something that should be enforced by a law. Just shoot the ones who can't seem to figure out how to carry on a conversation on the phone in the car and let the skilled drivers through.
    • wezults, on 07/03/2008, -2/+5Very true, I had to get a blutooth to comply with the law and, maybe i just have to get used to it, but to me messing with an extra piece is more distarcting than simply holding the phone up to my ear.
      • corkdorkdan, on 07/03/2008, -2/+7This has always been my feeling too.
        1) Answer the phone like a normal person.
        or
        2) Phone rings. Crap, that new law took effect! Where's my hands free unit? *digs in glove box* Here it is. *untangles cord* *tries to hold phone, plug in headset jack, and hold steering wheel at the same time* Answer phone and try not to tangle the wire on my gear shift.
    • DNABeast, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2The problem is that talking on the phone is much more of a problem than talking to someone in the car. When you talking on the phone you're brain uses a lot of resources visualising that person and the location they are in. This takes you mentally out of the situation that you're in (Driving a gigantic, slow yet no less effective bullet).
  • badwithcomputer, on 07/03/2008, -2/+66you know what really grinds my gears? i'm driving home from work on tuesday july 1 when the law went into effect next to a cop who is talking on his phone for about 5 miles.
  • zdiddy85, on 07/03/2008, -11/+2OMG THAT GUY'S HUGE!
  • Richie311, on 07/03/2008, -5/+67"Hi Mom, do I sound different?*pause* No I'm not gay"

    Lol that just made my day.
    • MOJIRA, on 07/03/2008, -8/+4Did you capitalize the L in lol because it was at the beginning of a sentence? I never know if I should do that because it looks weird; of course I could say LOL, but that's just too much laughter.

      This could have been a decent xkcd comic.
    • kubedawg, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2His mom is probably hot.
  • bennylava123, on 07/03/2008, -3/+6Blue toothing it!
  • hollywoodphony, on 07/03/2008, -5/+2Taming of the shrew!
  • microchp, on 07/03/2008, -2/+6Excellent Video!

    Hey, does this mean police radios, coffee and dognuts will also need to be hands free, or just cell phones?
  • JDOG, on 07/03/2008, -0/+19I used to love this guy's show on Comedy Central. Was all about social engineering. Made me want to get one of those soda cup holders installed in my trunk.
    • badwithcomputer, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1it's a show that you can never do 2 seasons in a row though- people would just say "oh, you're the casting agent for this bikini model car wash shoot? i could have sworn i saw you on tv last night."
  • Buddhaismybuddy, on 07/03/2008, -4/+2I hate Break.com and their slow ass videos with pop up ads.
    • cowsgonemadd3, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6I did not see a donkey.
    • Twee, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2Every modern browser has a pop-up ad blocker built-in. The only one that doesn't is IE 6.
      If you're using Firefox, you can also get Ad-Block Plus. Stop bitching.
  • bloodrave, on 07/03/2008, -7/+2Stupid, senseless law. One step closer to the true nanny state.
    • Gutterpunk, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2They used to say the same for safety belt laws.

      Good thing that they saw the errors of their ways some years after and repelled those laws!
  • RuyGuy, on 07/03/2008, -7/+4"Oh my god, that guy's huge!"
    • hotpuck6, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1OMG! check buried comments above you to make sure you're not posting the same lame quote!
      • RuyGuy, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1OMG, I don't give a ***** if someone said it already. Someone also said 'OMG', so don't ever use it again. daif pls kthx
  • scottswan79, on 07/03/2008, -0/+10I live in California, and they aren't wasting any time giving out tickets. They gave out the first ticket for cell phone use while driving at 12:30am. Only 30 minutes after the law went into effect
  • leif777, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0hehehe... Curby Kaller... Dug
  • venson, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1We have had this law in Chicago for quite some time. But I always see people on cell phones. On average, waiting to cross a street on the north side of chicago, I'll see 20 cars go by, with probably 10 of them on cell phones. Not sure who are hands free, because you don't see a lot of bluetooths here, I think they sell more on the south side.
  • doubleoh7, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Is that Spencer?
  • bodies_collide, on 07/03/2008, -2/+2EVERY COP YOU SEE IS ON THEIR CELL PHONE.

    and today i witnessed a cop making a turn while TEXTING.

    i live in NJ. its been a law since march i believe. we aren't allowed to do anything with an electronic device while driving.
    • cowsgonemadd3, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1Yeah...whatever.
    • hotpuck6, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1oddly enough, NJ drivers are better while texting and reading a book than most other drivers at full attention with both hands on the wheel.
  • wilma92010, on 07/03/2008, -5/+0Rip off of Dan Neil L.A.Times Video. Bury this POS
  • cam0man, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5is that the same skyler from that old comedy central show 'The Con'?

    I actually did notice that once I got my hands free for july 1st that I felt a lot more liberated while driving and talking, it's very awesome.
    • Fatcheeseguy, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1"I am not the guy from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure."
  • link2009, on 07/03/2008, -5/+1"Cell phoners who drive one handed ARE selfish:
    and a danger to others."

    "i drive one handed:
    the other hand is fisting your mothers arse"

    -Haha !
  • craineum, on 07/03/2008, -3/+7Dugg for "In Memory of George Carlin"
    • antdude, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Hehe. Did George Carlin say anything about cellphone, distractions, and driving?
  • floridiot2, on 07/03/2008, -0/+13I'm just gonna hold a plastic bar up to my head everywhere I drive.
  • glenSM, on 07/03/2008, -6/+1I drive a talk text whilst steering with my knees and i only passed my test 2 week ago.
    • AuriniDMJ, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2***** like you are why they thought this law would be a good idea.
  • seeyounorth, on 07/03/2008, -2/+4George Carlin would have hated the name Skyler...
  • kirkness, on 07/03/2008, -3/+1Break.com commenters are bitches. pfft
    cubs joke is funny because of the goat curse. Go Giants. lol
  • Danzinger, on 07/03/2008, -2/+11Dugg for "OH YEAH I'M JUST GETTING READY FOR MY TRIP TO WINNIPEG" as he sharpens his skates.
  • Waterpig222, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6This is politicians yet again making laws based on no scientic information. YOU HOLDING A PHONE DOESNT MAKE YOU A BAD DRIVER! TALKING IS WHAT DISTRACTS YOU!!!

    Its either you believe that driving while talking should not be allowed, or we put it with the other ***** we do that distracts us. (changing CDs Doing makeup) WHOOT for legislation that helps sell bluetooth head sets!
    • hotpuck6, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6yup,
      it's not having a hand occupied, it's focusing too much on your conversation that causes accidents.
    • thecwin, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Ever had to make an emergency turn in order to avoid an accident? If you're holding a phone (or anything for that matter), it can make it far more difficult than it needs to be. The time it takes to move the hand from the head to the wheel can be fatal. For me, driving while holding a phone is too difficult. I drive a manual without power steering, and can't do that shoulder thing.

      I think talking is the main distraction, however, but the worst thing about a phone is that if you have to stop talking because of something happening on the road, the person on the other end of the line usually gets frustrated or thinks the signals fading or something. When someone's sitting next to you in the car, they're usually more forgiving about you prioritising the road over the converstaion.
      • Waterpig222, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0Get power steering? one handed I could do a 180 in my car.

        Cell Phone lobbyists: 1 california drivers: 0
  • Sluglas, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1What's worse now, smoking a joint in the car on your way home from work or using your cell with your hands? They are kind of the same thing now.

  • WTF69, on 07/03/2008, -3/+1In memory of George Carlin
  • CurlyFoot, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2Doing that ***** with a 5-speed takes some serious skill
  • FuriousGopher, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Dugg for the Radiohead CD
  • basevillin, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2Using your sonicare improperly there buddy!
  • sirjyea, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1im going to have to make a note of all the traffic violations that were committed in this video,
    And then translate Taming of the Shrew into German
  • OpCzar, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Did that car have two steering wheels?
  • anxcaptain, on 07/04/2008, -0/+0Half thought out law*

  • viacombusta, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Did anyone else get nervous and think he was going to drill into his finger whilst making the wood flute?
  • kentwidman, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1The A flat is actually a B.
  • zakool21, on 07/04/2008, -0/+7Dugg, since the video maker is so right.

    Here in the Bay Area, people are always distracted in their cars, and it's not always because of phones.

    The problem I see: there are a ton of people who think that this law is legit because having both hands free is actually safer. WRONG. This law may actually work, not for that reason. It may serve as a deterrent from using one's phone while driving, but there are other problems.

    Studies show that talking on your cell phone while driving is not dangerous because of holding the phone to your ear. It's the fact that you're talking to someone who's not in the car; the part of your brain that is responsible for environmental awareness is being used to visualize, per se, the other person on the other end of the line who you are talking to. It's about the equivalent of having 1-3 beers, as one UC cognitive psych professor quoted from a study. Talking with someone in the car is not as taxing on these mental resources.

    I've used my speakerphone a few times now as a result of this law going into effect, and I have to say that having to speak louder and fumbling with the phone is much more distracting than holding it to my ear.
  • AuriniDMJ, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1It's all about time and place, and defencive driving. When you're cruising through a tight-knit downtown street, with cars turning, and people walking, it's a bad idea - if you have to talk, make the conversation quick, and keep your foot over the break. When you're on the highway, staying in your lane, in light traffic - go ahead. Just add another car length to your following distance.

    Any good driver will realize this instinctively. The problem is bad drivers, not cell phones. When you're turning a blind corner, you don't talk on your cell, light up a smoke, change the CD, or eat a damn sandwich - unfortunately, some of the doofs out there are oblivious.

    But wait a minute - isn't dangerous driving already a crime?
  • penholder, on 07/04/2008, -0/+0"No, I'm not gay"
    Are you sure?
  • mrASSMAN, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Washington State banned cell phone use on July 1st as well. Assholes will be assholes though.
  • arretx, on 07/05/2008, -0/+0How would one explain this phenomenon? When I am distracted by someone in my car through conversation, I miss turns, have to back track, and lose focus of my destination because I get into the conversation.

    When I'm on the phone, I never miss turns, I am extremely focused on what's happening outside of the car, and the ride generally goes very smoothly, because I'm actively involved in the process of safety as a result of talking on the phone.

    But I realize that this is me...and I have witnessed countless women (sorry ladies, you outnumber men in this) swerving and weaving in their lane and I see that they're on the phone, and most of the time they share common characteristics. They're typically blonde and baby boomers. Go figure.
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