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Originally posted by nostatic
After commuting for the last year + by motorcycle, I'm all for a complete ban on cell phone use while in the car. Period. You wanna talk, you find a parking lot. And the studies back this up. If you're going to allow people to talk and drive, then you might as well allow them to drink and drive, because the results are the same...
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Absolutely. I no longer commute on my bikes because I simply got tired of the risks involved, increasing as they have with the advent of the cell phone. I have already had a truck bounce me off a guardrail at some 70-odd mph, and that was long before this latest distraction.
My last close encounter had me kicking the driver's door on an Escalade piloted by a young lady on a cell phone, as she was merging into me on a 35 mph four-lane. She flipped me off, gunned it, then cut me off. I followed her home. Her husband was waiting in the driveway, holding the collar on their large Doberman (she had apparently called him). I had an easy 100 pounds on him. A couple of small kids were watching from inside the garage. He looked really nervous as I put the kickstand down, took my helmet off, got off the bike and approached the two of them. Neither one said a word.
So I kneel down in front of the dog, let him sniff my hand, and his tail starts wagging as I scratch him behind his ears. I looked at the young lady and said, as politely as I could, "you know, I have a dog, too. I have a wonderful wife. I have two kids, just like you. Please be more careful; you almost ran me over back there." She actually appologized, and genuinely looked like she meant it. I appologized in return for kicking her door, then got on the bike and left.