Loading ...AuPairCare San Francisco Au Pairs Time to leave your phone alone while driving…
Dear AuPairCare au pairs,
starting today, July 1st, you must use a hands-free device when using your cell phone while driving. So make sure you have one before you plan on driving and need to use your cell phone.
Some suggestions: an ear “piece”, a solar powered car set, a bluetooth device. Please share with us what you are planning on using and where to get it, so that each San Francisco au pair can get one.
Be safe!
Cristina & Laura
July 1st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Au Pairs, LCCs & Parents –
Don’t kid yourself. Getting a hands-free device so that you can drive “safely” is a BAD IDEA.
Using a hands-free cell phone while driving is no safer than using a hand-held cell phone while driving.
Look at my post on http://www.AuPairMom.com that shows explains why even an hands-free phone is dangerous. Look at the graph that shows how inexperienced drivers using even a hands-free phone are 4 times more likely to be distracted than someone not using a phone at all.
*** No Au Pair who cares about her own safety, the safety of her friends, or the safety of the children she cares for should use a cell phone while she drives. ****