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One of the newest motorcycle accessories is something that could be potentially dangerous in the wrong hands. A Bluetooth headset that fits onto a motorcycle helmet is the latest must-have for cell phone users who are also motorcycle owners. It was manufactured by a company called Scala, and they did seem to try and make this accessory as safe as such a thing could possibly be.  It is voice controlled - you say pre-programmed commands to answer the phone, hand up after a call, and fiddle with the volume control if you’re having a hard time hearing Aunt Sue-Sue while you are zipping down the highway at just under the speed limit. (No one who reads these blogs would actually speed, now would they?) The microphone that is attached to the headset is said to be resistant to wind damage at speeds up to 75 MPH, so they are giving you 5 miles to play with. How nice.

There has been much talk about automobile drivers and their cell phones ever since almost everyone old enough to drive a car also owns a cell phone. Statistics have shown that people who talk on their phones while driving cause more accidents, and are also involved in more accidents. This does not bode well for the bluetooth helmet! The statistics for those who chat on their cells while riding motorcycles are probably going to be about the same as those for cars.

Driving any motor vehicle is something that should demand our entire attention. No call is more important than someone’s life. What did we all do in the days before cell phones were so popular? We waited until we got to our destination to make a call, or if it was an emergency, we found a pay phone. Now days, most pay phones have gone the way of the dinosaur, so most people feel that their only option is to carry a cell phone. The problem is that every call seems to be an emergency. It’s scary to think of how many lives could be lost simply because someone was paying more attention to their conversation than to the road and traffic ahead of them.

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