Or at least taught their children that a cell phone is a tool, and not a toy. My daughter’s addiction to the cell phone is bad enough that her hubby got her one of those “Blue Tooth (?)” devices for when she’s driving. But still, talking on the phone is distracting.
Since my truck is a standard transmission, without power steering, I pull over to the side of the road to take a call.
“Bluetooth” is the device that attaches to the ear, yes.
Studies have shown that drivers are nearly as distracted by a hand’s-free device as they are by a handheld one. Something about talking on the phone (more than talking to a person in the car) takes a driver’s attention off the situation at hand.