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07/01/08
Hands-Free Cell Use Law in California
Hypnotherapist supports California's new hands-free law -- and here's why:
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Posted by: vossadmin
As of July 1st, 2008, California drivers may be ticketed for driving while holding a telephone to their ear and talking. There’s a lot of controversy about the new law. Some people note that it doesn’t forbid more complicated tasks that involve taking at least one eye off the road as well as a hand: dialing and text messaging, for example. They think the law should go further.
Others are outraged at the rather arbitrary infringement of their right to bear cell phones. They point to other common LA traffic phenomena, including drivers applying makeup, eating or even slapping their kids in the back seat. Why pick on cell users, they wonder.
Hypnotherapist Stephanie Voss of Los Angeles has an unusual perspective on the new law: “When you’re driving, you are already multi-tasking. You’re steering a large piece of machinery; you’re scanning your mirrors; you’re watching out for the speeders, for pieces of debris blowing off trucks, for lane-splitting motorcycles and so on.
“Drivers need to have both hands on the wheel is because that position is an anchor, a physical reminder that they’re driving. Even if you’re chatting away, if your hands are at the 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock positions, you feel like you’re driving. On the other hand, if you’re sitting with one hand up to your ear, you’re in a position that signals you to focus on conversation.”
The body-mind connection is gaining acceptance in both the medical and psychological counseling communities. One of the ways hypnotherapy works to help people stop smoking cigarettes, for example, is to break a long-established link between puffing smoke and relaxing that exists for most smokers. More information on smoking – which also can be a distracting behavior for drivers – is available at www.vosshypnotics.com/index.php/services/smoking.html.
Safe driving is a topic that often comes up at the end of a hypnosis session, Voss adds. When clients leave the Voss Hypnotics office in Eagle Rock, the hypnotherapist always suggests they take a walk around the parking lot before getting in their cars.
“I’m right off the Pasadena Freeway,” Voss says, “My clients drive here, then they experience hypnosis, which often puts them in a deeply relaxed state. It’s great for healing and for changing old behavior patterns, but it’s not meant for driving.” In fact, a phenomenon known as “highway hypnosis” is one of the examples Voss uses when introducing hypnosis on her website, www.VossHypnotics.com.
“Hypnosis is a natural state everyone has experienced. Classic examples include ‘road hypnosis’ – when you arrive at work or school but don’t remember the details of the trip.”
Modern society has a lot of people turning to hypnotherapy for help in handling stress and learning relaxation. “Here’s an easy tip,” laughs Stephanie Voss, “let yourself enjoy doing one thing at a time. You improve your ability to focus with practice. I’ve had a headset for years, but I still think I should spend more time just driving.” You can call Certified Hypnotherapist Stephanie Voss at (310) 994-6028 with any question about hypnotherapy. If she doesn’t answer, she’s either with a client, or on the road.
Others are outraged at the rather arbitrary infringement of their right to bear cell phones. They point to other common LA traffic phenomena, including drivers applying makeup, eating or even slapping their kids in the back seat. Why pick on cell users, they wonder.
Hypnotherapist Stephanie Voss of Los Angeles has an unusual perspective on the new law: “When you’re driving, you are already multi-tasking. You’re steering a large piece of machinery; you’re scanning your mirrors; you’re watching out for the speeders, for pieces of debris blowing off trucks, for lane-splitting motorcycles and so on.
“Drivers need to have both hands on the wheel is because that position is an anchor, a physical reminder that they’re driving. Even if you’re chatting away, if your hands are at the 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock positions, you feel like you’re driving. On the other hand, if you’re sitting with one hand up to your ear, you’re in a position that signals you to focus on conversation.”
The body-mind connection is gaining acceptance in both the medical and psychological counseling communities. One of the ways hypnotherapy works to help people stop smoking cigarettes, for example, is to break a long-established link between puffing smoke and relaxing that exists for most smokers. More information on smoking – which also can be a distracting behavior for drivers – is available at www.vosshypnotics.com/index.php/services/smoking.html.
Safe driving is a topic that often comes up at the end of a hypnosis session, Voss adds. When clients leave the Voss Hypnotics office in Eagle Rock, the hypnotherapist always suggests they take a walk around the parking lot before getting in their cars.
“I’m right off the Pasadena Freeway,” Voss says, “My clients drive here, then they experience hypnosis, which often puts them in a deeply relaxed state. It’s great for healing and for changing old behavior patterns, but it’s not meant for driving.” In fact, a phenomenon known as “highway hypnosis” is one of the examples Voss uses when introducing hypnosis on her website, www.VossHypnotics.com.
“Hypnosis is a natural state everyone has experienced. Classic examples include ‘road hypnosis’ – when you arrive at work or school but don’t remember the details of the trip.”
Modern society has a lot of people turning to hypnotherapy for help in handling stress and learning relaxation. “Here’s an easy tip,” laughs Stephanie Voss, “let yourself enjoy doing one thing at a time. You improve your ability to focus with practice. I’ve had a headset for years, but I still think I should spend more time just driving.” You can call Certified Hypnotherapist Stephanie Voss at (310) 994-6028 with any question about hypnotherapy. If she doesn’t answer, she’s either with a client, or on the road.
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