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"O"man(are we in trouble)
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: On the edge
Posts: 16,452
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Not too graphic.
I drove 350 miles yesterday and too frequently saw people on the phone and texting, actually almost got rear ended at about 60 MPH by a guy texting in a full size pickup. It's out of control. I've been the driver in a staged jaws demonstration, it's quite an experience. |
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05-20-2010, 02:53 AM
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Registered
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 3,866
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Some just don't get it
Maybe the penaties should be as severe as a DWI Here are two drivers to stay away from Two can't stop phoning while driving - Local/State - NewsObserver.com Like father, like daughter - only more so. Tyler Strandberg of Rocky Mount has a hard time getting her mind off her BlackBerry when she drives. She has crashed three cars in the past three years. But Buckley, an insurance executive, confesses his own weakness for Blackberry and Bluetooth. He feels compelled to conduct business by phone and e-mail on long, lonely drives between his offices in Rocky Mount and Nags Head. "That's more than two hours," said Buckley, 49. "I'm not just going to sit there in the car. I get a lot of work done on that straight, dead stretch of U.S. 64. "And if I run off the road, there are rumble strips that divert me back onto the road. That has happened occasionally. They seem to work, those rumble strips."
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winter-hater club member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: salt lake city, utah
Posts: 24,705
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250 miles on jezebel yesterday. every third or fourth car had someone driving while on the phone or texting.
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05-20-2010, 10:09 AM
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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
Posts: 23,885
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They enacted a cell phone ban while I lived in NY. Made a huge difference.
In the Dallas area now and it's rampant, my casual observation puts it around 40-50% of drivers around me at any given time are on phones. Makes driving impossible. Currently TX only bans cell phones in school zones. I'd be all for a statewide ban. Interesting list of countries with bans, List of countries that ban cellphone use while driving
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