Cell phones, cars a dangerous mix

4 comments August 11th, 2008

We’ve all had near accidents — or maybe we weren’t that lucky — because a motorist was talking on a cell phone and wasn’t paying attention to the road.

As a bicyclist, I’m especially aware of drivers who are holding a phone in one hand and trying to make a turn with the other. I stop because I know they don’t see me (or care to). Fellow bicyclists have told me stories about being clipped or being nearly clipped by someone yakking and driving.

The Tribune’s Jon Hilkevitch writes about cell phones and traffic accidents in today’s column.

Distracted walking will be the next issue. More and more I see folks walking and talking on the cell phone. It seems they expect motorists to stop no matter what color the light at the intersection may be.