> When I'm on the phone while driving, the person (or people, sometimes
> it's a conference call) are aware that I'm driving - I make sure of
> that.  If they ask a question and I don't immediately respond, they know
> why.

Yeh me too, often they will ask if I'm OK to talk, if not I always say that 
I'm in the car.

> I think it has to do with how people focus their attention - I find that
> I can concentrate on driving very well while talking to my wife on the
> phone, for example, because the way I talk with her on the phone is as if
> she was in the car with me.

Depends on the road for me, usually it's only on longer trips that I use the 
phone, so it's on the autobahn with no crossing intersections etc to worry 
about, I just stay in the slow lane with the trucks while I'm on the phone.

> *Always* on handsfree (with my headset), though.  Both hands firmly on
> the wheel.  No exceptions.

Yep me too (my car has a bluetooth connection so the phone call comes out 
the normal speakers in the car).

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