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RayW
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said by brianiscool  :there should be no bans like this Maybe we ought to change the law to allow shooting cell phone users who cause accidents? But that might overload the morgues.
I saw one occur several days ago, she had the cell in her ear and made a left turn against traffic. She got hit and yes, I did see the cell phone as I was stopped at the cross street when she turned in front of me. Fortunately the other driver was not a stupid cell phone using idiot, so he managed to almost stop in time. No one hurt and they were able to drive off to a parking lot.
Stupidity happens in driving, it is part of being human, but the cell phone compounds that many fold, comparable to being drunk according to some recent studies. Yesterday I saw a driver almost hit another car, he did not want to put down the phone while turning into a parking lot and lost control, he did drop the phone then! In the same parking lot another driver almost hit pedestrians crossing the cross walk from the store entrance, again, she was on the phone and not driving. Friday on the way home from work, the idiot in front of me apparently had his phone go off, it looked like he reached down for it on the other seat and weaved back and forth over the bike lane (luckily no bicycles!), then slowly dropped from doing the speed limit to 10 MPH under. Finally honked at him a couple of times, and it woke him up and he took off at more than the speed limit.
And my wife says I am not very observant, so I wonder how many near accidents that I miss seeing (and I have posted a few others I have seen on other threads on this same subject)?
Yeah, we do not need any cell phone bans while driving, who cares about accidents happening because of idiots and their phones?
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dv
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Goleta, CA | you know, i have not seen an accident in the last 2 years, who the hell are you and why do you attract such bad luck? I swear, you must have so much time on your hands to just sit and imagine what people are doing with their phones. | |
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said by dv :you know, i have not seen an accident in the last 2 years, who the hell are you and why do you attract such bad luck? I swear, you must have so much time on your hands to just sit and imagine what people are doing with their phones. Hmm..I like that, call me a liar to prove what a studly girl you are.
No, I get out and do things like go to work, go to the store, take kids places, do volunteer work, all things that add up the mileage driven and the time on the road to see idiots on cell phones trying to drive.
I do not understand why you think mentioning one accident is to be considered attracting such bad luck, or maybe I do considering your post. Other than that, I suppose that having to drive a lot may have something to do with seeing fools on the cell phone more than someone who stays in one place would.
My brother-in-law is a truck driver, he and a few of his co-workers were telling me a lot more stories about idiots trying to drive and talk on the cell a couple of weeks ago when we visited them. So it is not just me making up stories, it is also people who professionally drive a lot more than I do.
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dv
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| understood, i was under the impression you witnessed all of those situations, i used to drive over 200 miles a day as a courier so i know what driving with a cellphone can do, but there are people who know how to get around the common mistakes, even with a headset or handsfree device, its human nature to speed up while you are talking and slow down while listening, when you get mad on the phone or with someone else in the car, again, its human nature to go faster as the endorphins start spreading through your system and your heart rate increases..
cell phone usage in the car wont stop, i make a point to use a bluetooth headset, when I'm on the freeway I keep an active look at how fast i am going and don't piss off the people behind me.
no need to throw insults, I came across as rude, emoticons would have helped (i was saying who the hell are you as a joke) | |
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| said by dv :understood, i was under the impression you witnessed all of those situations, i used to drive over 200 miles a day as a courier so i know what driving with a cellphone can do, ........ no need to throw insults, I came across as rude, emoticons would have helped (i was saying who the hell are you as a joke) Oh, but I did see the two near accidents and the aforesaid cell phones in use and the cell phone idiot in front of me all in two days, and as I think about it, the accident was two weeks ago, it was my first or second day going home from work after our trip. I did not post the stories from the truck drivers because 1. I do not remember them well enough, and 2. I did not witness them.
As far as insults, you called me a liar saying I was making up stories and implied I was lazy with too much time on my hands and that to me is not a joke, emoticons would not really mitigate that sentence either. So certain things about a person who makes a snap judgment like that, mostly not publishable and in this case related to companies who make a living selling cell phone equipment and services and can not take any criticism of their product, are made. If you meant it as a joke and are apologizing, then I accept it, but you do need to realize that contrary to what the media and Hollywood seem to be pushing, some people mean what they say and expect the same in response.
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