Why do drivers who talk on cell phones have more accidents that those talking on CB radios?

I don’t see the difference at all, respectfully. In both cases, you are talking to someone who is not in the vehicle with you, and you never hear or read about CB chatters having accidents, due to being on those radios, right?

A cell phone is nothing more than a highly sophisticated 2-way radio. So why are cell phone users apparently prone to more “distraction-type” accidents, than those who are just engaging in “idle chit-chat” on another kind of 2-way radio, known as the “CB?”

Over-the-road professional truckers (the safest and best drivers on the road) don’t seem to have any problems with talking and driving simultaneously, so does it come down to, “the more you do it, the better you are able to do it?”

August 26, 2008, 8:33 AM EDT