A dangerous mix: using cellular phones in moving vehicles
Gavin Melmed, MD
I live dangerously. I tempt fate on a daily basis. Who am I? I am not a professional stuntman. I don't fight fires. I'm not even taking Vioxx for arthritis. I am a bicycle commuter. I pedal to work.
Why is my form of transportation so dangerous? Well, living in Dallas doesn't help. Here, bicycle paths are far outnumbered by our vast roadway system. It also doesn't help that so many of the cars around me are 6000-pound SUVs. Or that the minimum driving age is 16, or even younger if a neophyte driver can establish a "hardship." But none of these factors is the true source of my peril. I live dangerously because I share the road with drivers talking on cellular phones.
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