Hands-Free Phone Not Safer for Drivers-Sweden Study -- "Talking on a mobile phone while driving your car is just as dangerous when using hands-free equipment as when holding the phone in your hand, according to a Swedish study published on Monday." (Comments: This is obvious. The problem is not whether you have something in your hand or not, the problem is that you are using cognitive resources for talking when those resources should be used for concentrating on the road. Too many people think that driving is easy, but it isn't, even with much practice. Now, if researchers could prove that driving and talking on the phone use different cognitive resources, then that would blow a hole in what I am saying. However, talking on the phone draws on the same pool of mental resources as driving does (significant overlap at least). Further, automaticity doesn't necessarily translate to continuously effective driving because there are many, many random events. Driving on the same road again and again is no excuse for thinking you can talk and drive at the same time. You can't. Not without putting yourself and others at risk. So, if you are driving stay off the damn phone, hands free or otherwise.)