Re: Do NOT Use Mobile Phone when Driving!
Date: September 25, 2007 11:22PM
erik Wrote:
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> Developing? Increasingly?
>
> Where have you been?
He's been sucking dick, if you want the truth.
Apple Wrote:
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> Only owners of iphone's can use them when driving.
> Cause we all know iphone owners are better then
> everyone else.
Fuck you.
talker Wrote:
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> I will talk on my phone while it is legal... it is
> your responsibility to watch where you are
> going... if you weren't tailgating me or hanging
> out in my blind spot I wouldn't have hit you
> dipshit. YOU are the unsafe driver and YOU are
> the problem here, NOT me.
Go fuck yourself.
Chas Wrote:
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> I agree that using one's cellular phone while
> driving can be distracting. It's certainly best
> to not use the phone while operating a vehicle.
> One thing I frequently see people do that
> irritates me is when they pull over to take a call
> but are still stopped in the roadway to do so.
> Yes, folks, the turn lane is still part of the
> roadway and if you stop in the turn lane you are
> doing so illegally and at your own risk. Even if
> someone isn't paying attention and hits you from
> behind while you are stopped in the turn lane you
> could still be held at fault for illegally
> stopping on the highway. How did we ever make it
> before cell phones?
I couldn't agree with you more.
KeepOnTruckin Wrote:
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> George barker will introduce legislation to put an
> end to using phones while driving if hes elected.
Interesting..
Andrea Wrote:
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> Well, shit.
>
> While I agree that SOME people shouldnt be allowed
> to use their phone while driving, I also
> understand that it would be unfair, and people
> would bitch and moan about being singled out about
> it.
>
> It sucks though...sometimes, you really dont have
> any other time to call someone except when you are
> in the car. Especially if you do a lot of driving
> to work, or whatever.
>
> I work for a company that takes care of dog
> walking and pet sitting :) ((I love it, thanks!))
> and I constantly have to call clients, the office,
> etc. It's hard to do that with dogs in your hands
> either because they are barking and carrying on,
> or because we get some rowdy not-good walkers.
>
>
> Dammit, Im fucked if a law gets passed. :(
You know you can fucking pull over to the side of the road and call? Heck, you could even park somewhere. And don't bitch about having to take calls while driving, I also get calls and usually ignore them, until I can stop in a safe place and call them back. Now if it's an emergency, hand it to a passenger. If you're alone, you can go fuck yourself.
Fairfax Citizen Wrote:
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> Vote for GEORGE BARKER!
>
> What's his position on apprehending criminal
> illegal aliens in Fairfax County?
Is this guy God or something?
IhateStupidDrivers Wrote:
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> I think I will google for a cell jammer DIY and
> fuck with you stupid drivers who can't drive and
> talk on your cellular phones!
What the fuck are you on?
i talk and drive Wrote:
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> U must drive a corolla and have a pager... ;P
Even though I'm on the same side as you, that's not fucking funny. I drive a fucking Corolla.
bdimag Wrote:
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> IhateStupidDrivers Wrote:
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> -----
> > I think I will google for a cell jammer DIY and
> > fuck with you stupid drivers who can't drive
> and
> > talk on your cellular phones!
>
>
> I think i will google for tire spikes DIY and fuck
> with you
>
> ----
>
> if somebody on their cell phone is a bad driver -
> its not because theyre on their phone, its cause
> they cant drive (inability to pay attention while
> driving falls under the bad-driving category in my
> book)...
>
> whats the difference between talking to somebody
> IN the car, and talking with somebody on the
> phone? obviously, you loose the use of a hand due
> to holding the phone.. fortunately the
> acceleration & braking systems use foot pedals and
> you really only need the 1 hand to be on the wheel
> (except in manuals, of course)..
blah blah blah
Suburbanite Wrote:
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> talker Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I will talk on my phone while it is legal... it
> is
> > your responsibility to watch where you are
> > going... if you weren't tailgating me or
> hanging
> > out in my blind spot I wouldn't have hit you
> > dipshit. YOU are the unsafe driver and YOU are
> > the problem here, NOT me.
>
>
> Actually, YOU ARE the problem. And so are all the
> other idiots out there trying to drive and talk on
> their phones. The idiots sit at green lights,
> stop for green lights, run red lights, swerve into
> other lanes and back again, drive 15 - 20 miles
> BELOW the speed limit and the speed of other
> traffic.
>
> Driving while talking on a cell phone is
> equivalent to driving drunk.
> - University of Utah study concluded this past
> June.
>
> And it makes no difference whether the telephone
> is hand-held or used hands-free.
>
> "Cell phone conversation draws attention away from
> the processing of the visual environment," said
> David Strayer of the university's psychology
> department, one of the study's three authors. "We
> found a 50 percent reduction in the processing of
> visual information when you're driving and talking
> on a cell phone."
>
> Test subjects were observed as they braked for a
> slowing car in front of them, then resumed speed.
> "When drivers were conversing on a cell phone,
> they were involved in more rear-end collisions ...
> and took 18 percent longer to return to their
> initial driving speed than when they were legally
> drunk," the paper says, adding that there was
> "equal impairment" with hand-held and hands-free
> phones.
>
> A study published in 1997 in the New England
> Journal of Medicine, based on accident data in
> Toronto, found that the risk of driving and using
> a cell phone was similar to that when driving
> drunk and that, in both cases, the risk of a
> collision was three to six times higher than when
> a driver was sober and not using a cell phone.
Okay.
§ Wrote:
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> Well, if you're using that same rationale, then
> driving with passengers who engage in open
> conversation while the motor vehicle is in
> operation should be illegal too.
>
> I can hear it now, "Silence everyone! I don't
> want to get a ticket!" -§
But it's different with passengers. You can pause when you want to, and even not listen to them and just nod.
Fairfax Citizen Wrote:
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> § check Suburbanite's post above--great
> attribution and more articulate than my original
> alert
>
> Stay focused and off the mobile § and no more
> faulty syllogisms and mixed metaphors or you,
> indeed, will be ticketed
Yep.
eccentricldy Wrote:
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> Hooray to Fairfax Citizen and Suburanite, I
> applaud you!!
I applaud you, motherfucker.
§ Wrote:
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> I agree with the general assertion of the study
> without knowing its methodology and do support a
> ban, in part, on mobile use while driving as DC
> has recently implemented. However, logically,
> talking on a mobile device is no different than
> talking to someone in your car. In fact, one
> could argue that talking to someone in your car is
> more distracting for the propensity of human
> nature to make eye contact and use animated
> gestures while engaged in conversation. Absent of
> a comparative study, lawmakers should not use
> unilateral studies of mobile use as a basis for
> legislation. Defense attorneys, dissenting
> experts and industry policy advocates would
> challenge such a ban based on this lack of
> consistency. The same argument could be applied
> for text messaging devices and visual navigation
> systems as well. -§
Right.
Suburbanite Wrote:
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> I suspect that talking to passengers does in fact
> have a detrimental effect on driving skills. That
> might be part of the reason why teens can only
> have a certain number of passengers at a time. I
> certainly notice the lack of concentration of my
> driving if I get into a long drawn out
> conversation with someone while driving. Playing
> with the radio isn't helpful either, but I don't
> think they've done a study specifically testing
> any of those activities. That would also be why we
> have the passenger, if there is one, work the
> heat/AC or the radio dial, but we're not the
> norm.
>
> I have noticed though that whenever someone is
> really driving like an idiot they are almost
> always on a cell phone, particularly on surface
> streets.
You made some good points. I think I will agree on you that passengers/radio CAN have an effect, but it's usually minor compared to cellphones.
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