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Driving while Texting Six Times More Dangerous than Driving while Drunk

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I could go on and on - there is no shortage of information pointing to the dangers of driving while on a cell phone.

Perhaps he was a Comcast employee refusing to cancel a customer's service. Chalk up another heroic deed to Higgy! :D

My opinion?...talking on any phone while driving on public roads ought to be banned...nationally.
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There. I know y'all were just waiting for that. :D

I had an accident scene, where when a witness ran up to one of the vehicles involved after the crash, and the drivers cell phone was on the floor of the vehicle, with the person on the other end screaming hysterically for the driver who was pinned and unconscious.

The original actions did not necessarily warrant quite the level of response, and the OP recognized this in his self-titled thread.
Give him credit for that.

As for his response:
I suspect he previously experienced incidences involving cell phones with distracted/inconsiderate drivers, which led up this.
A "little distraction" can easily ends up with a motorcyclist/bicyclist/pedestrian severely injured, or worse.

When the cell-phone craze first began, the public roads became a flip of the coin.
Common sense was absent.
I've seen grown mothers/women picking up their children, then almost running over other people's children in the rush to get onto their next obligation.
Even worse:They would honk and try to force my into unsafe driving conditions. That #%*@ didn't fly.
Again, common sense was absent.

Unfortunately, people today do not understand how to use the words "Sorry, I'm busy, I'll call you back".
Or drop the phone/food/drink and just drive the car to safety.
Or simply ignore the phone.

I'm gonna implement the cone of silence in my car.

I've been known to listen to talk radio while driving. I sometimes think intently and blurt out answers to debates.

I swerve a little when I get the answer wrong.

Schow zhing!
(I just taught you how to say "danger" in mandarin!)


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2011?

Well, imagine how many fewer alcohol-impaired-driving crashes we would have if the post-crash test question of Have you been drinking? could be disposed of with a simple "No, Osciffer"

That is, the Post crash Q:"were you distracted by your cell phone?" is often disposed of with the ans "Oh-EM-Gee, no." Regardless of whether it's true. IOW, Dunk is much harder to hide.

So now you're going to try to equate texting while driving with talking because you lost that argument, (proven wrong with data)? No one said that texting while driving was acceptable under any circumstances and the guy in your story was not texting. There is a world of difference between the two activities but you try to now conflate them under the term, "driving while on a cell phone". :rolleyes:

I knew you were a dick but I didn't know that you stooped to the time honored PARF strategy of changing your argument points mid-stream when getting proven wrong. I talk on the phone any time I feel the need while driving on the freeway, or answer the phone if it's someone I want to talk to. I do not text and consider it a dangerous, self-centered action that gives no regard for others' safety but in reality results in mostly rear-end collisions in stop-and-go traffic from my unscientific observations.

I also ride a MC on the same freeways and lane split. When in the car, I have no problem noticing MCs in my vicinity or coming up behind me between lanes whether I'm talking on the phone or not. I do not hold the phone up to my ear, (illegal in CA.), but use speaker phone/hands-free. Anyone who cannot talk and drive at the same time should cease doing one or the other but of course that's too much to ask. Many people were terrible drivers and killed other motorists way before cell phones came along.

When I'm on a bike, I pretend that I'm invisible and silent and that no one else can see or hear me. Like a ninja, slicing through freeway traffic. People are just going to do whatever they were going to do without regard for me. This has kept me alive so far, knock on wood. People talking on phones or wandering in their lane doesn't phase me one bit, usually those are the "rolling speed bumps" who do not make any sudden moves. The only other drivers that scare me at all when I'm riding are aggressive idiots using their vehicle like a weapon, tailgating/changing 4 lanes at a time/cutting people off/etc. @ 90 mph. People zoned-out, whether on the phone or not, usually don't present a hazard to me because I'm very alert. :cool:

When people die in a cell phone related collision, there is no taking a questionaire afterwards. Another PARF numb nutz. :rolleyes:

To be honest, I drive 3-4 hrs a day and the truck is my only sanctuary away from the multitude of calls I get every day. I enjoy the peace and quiet and will not talk on the phone while driving. You can text me or call me and I will pull over and answer if it's an emergency, otherwise I'll talk when I get to my next destination.

Staying connected is a choice we all have to make, personally I was just fine (and less stressed) before cellphones.

Really... Everyone dies in any crash involving a single fatality, you say?

Another PARF numb nutz, indeed. (See mirror)

I respect anyone's decision to turn off their phone while driving, (or any other time), but the assertion that anyone talking on a phone while driving is so distracted that they are a de facto murderer is absurd. Why is it perfectly legal when texting is not?

The real question is why I get sucked into asinine debates online with some really strange people.

And you've met him. I can't even imagine.

For sure.
And for future reference to the OP, "GQ" and "White framed sunglasses" should never be used in the same sentence.

Yes, I included both texting and overall cell phone use. The two often go hand in hand. I would say "you can do your own research", but in your case, I know that's not true. Others can, however. For the rest of you, the statistics are readily available and pretty easy to understand (Denis notwithstanding).

Again, we see a simple ass hat trying to justify his own incredibly selfish, callous, and dangerous behavior. Here is another hint for those willing (and able) to spend some time looking into this: hands-free devices are more or less proven to make no difference in drivers' distraction. Yes, easily led, low information morons will buy into the cell providers' propoganda campaign concerning this (fueled by their need to feel they are somehow "safe" in their selfish, dangerous actions), but again, the studies are out there. Go read them and decide for yourselves just how "safe" that ass hole next to you (or even in your own car) may be while driving on the phone (or texting).

Have a heart, Jeff, maybe "Mr. GQ BMW" was trying desperately to cancel his Comcast subscription. :D :D

In all seriousness, I have no problem with Jeff's "cellphone abatement program". But then I too have been run off the road by oblivious drivers with cellphones glued to the heads. Hell, it happened to me twice in one 15-mile trip!

Cell phone audio fidelity is Horrible.

The idiot(s) who argue that talking on a cell phone is just the same as talking to someone sitting next to them, are wrong - and not too observant.

And, w en S g al starts to bre k- p, distr ction s height n d.

I thought of this thread as I pulled into my office building just now...following in a young woman obviously texting away on her phone (she spent more time looking into her lap than at the road). But hey, at least she was safely doing so, as she was going <15 mph down a 2-lane street. Hard to get into an accident when you're hardly moving.

I also call BS on the neurosurgeon premise. No self-respecting neurosurgeon would drive a measly 3-series.

Just think that when your luck runs out and your squashed by a bigger jackazz, we all get to come back on PPOT and post a link to this thread so everyone can see what a nice guy you were.