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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 04:32 PM
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Exclamation Driving+Cellphone = ........

F-ing idiot :D

BTW this occurred on the Highway at high speeds
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 04:51 PM
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hands free people!!

and that doesn't mean no hands on the steering wheel. :D
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 04:52 PM
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lucky person



obviously they came to a rest in those positions...

that car would FnF2'd (see Mustang) at highway speeds
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 06:48 PM
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Its too bad the truck didn't finish him off...suspended license, recent arrests, drug paraphenelia, etc, etc...there goes my tax dollars.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 10:42 PM
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And the bugger would do it all over again...

The truck shoulda made a pancake of his car... at least he woulda learnt something... if he survive.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:35 PM
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I hate how cell phone drivers are everybody else's problem. Citations should be doubled (like on bridges or in construction zones) if you're caught talking on a cell during the crime.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:41 PM
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Drove pased a guy reading a map on his steering wheel the other day he was doing 60 MPH but all over the road. Should be shot. Just made using a cellphone while driving illegal here but not many take notice.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:42 PM
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I used to own a phone but its been almost a year without one and I think I've finaly kicked the deadly habit. :p
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 11:49 PM
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Maybe someone phoned them to tell them to watch out for that tanker, But was to late.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 09:08 PM
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i drive on teh interstate everyday and within the last month ive seen people eating, reading maps (completely opened across the steering wheel and dashboard), applying makeup, talking on the cellphone, reading the newspaper, shaving, and making out. its the american way
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by joseight
i drive on teh interstate everyday and within the last month ive seen people eating, reading maps (completely opened across the steering wheel and dashboard), applying makeup, talking on the cellphone, reading the newspaper, shaving, and making out. its the american way
Seen the same here, Plus some in car mating
No comment on the last bit.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by therm8
hands free people!!

and that doesn't mean no hands on the steering wheel. :D
Its not the disengagement of the hands from the wheel that does these dolts in - is the disengagement of the brain from the task at hand.

Talking on the phone eats up way too much of the cortex necessary for driving.

Hands free is a red herring.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 10:01 PM
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So we should ban passengers ?
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 10:42 PM
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Earlier today I noticed I was driving next to a guy with a clipboard on his steering wheel. Turns out he was filling out some rather complex looking form while doing about 55 down one of the busier/crazier roads in the area.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by RX8-CARL
So we should ban passengers ?
Really? Yes.

They are working on doing that for drivers under 18. I don't let my passengers talk too much, especially in traffic. Sorry.


Originally Posted by Rhawb
Earlier today I noticed I was driving next to a guy with a clipboard on his steering wheel. Turns out he was filling out some rather complex looking form while doing about 55 down one of the busier/crazier roads in the area.
I've passed people reading the newspaper at full highway speed.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 11:31 PM
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Sorry but I can manage more than one task at a time, talking and driving no problem.
Laptops fit nicely in to some steering wheels.
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by RX8-CARL
Sorry but I can manage more than one task at a time, talking and driving no problem.
Laptops fit nicely in to some steering wheels.
Sure you can.

That is the point. No one believes they have a problem with this kind of multitasking, but the fact is you give up a significant amount of brain power to cognitive activities like reading and talking - brain power that is critical to your ability to react and judge in a driving situation.

You think you are fine because you haven't been actually challenged, but you double, triple or even quadruple your reaction time while you simultaneously shorten your depth perception and judgment of distance and speed.

I am a musician. I play keyboards and guitar. Sometimes I sing. I often do all three at the same time. I've carried on full conversations with a photographer while simultaneously playing rhythm on my guitar with my left hand and an improvised solo on the piano with my right.
My cell phone is off when I drive because I am aware that my judgment is impaired.
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 10:33 AM
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i passed a oldman ina minivan reading a novel on the garden state parkway. byt the way space bar is broken.
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
I've carried on full conversations with a photographer while simultaneously playing rhythm on my guitar with my left hand and an improvised solo on the piano with my right.
This is the clear proof that Jeff is actually an alien with at least three hands :D
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 12:32 PM
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Comes in handy at cocktail parties.:p

The guitar part is played by clamping the chords with the left hand hard enough that they "ring" without being strummed.

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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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Blame it all on the automatic transmission
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DARKMAZ8
Blame it all on the automatic transmission
I blame some of America's obesity problems on the auto.
Now it is possible to really stuff your face while driving.

Not to mention that any lazy twit can drive a car even if they lack the coordination to tie their own shoes.
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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I would love to say I never drive and talk but I do

I have cut down and it makes a differnence
I tend to speed when on the cell
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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I have oberved that 99% of the time when someone is driving like an idiot its because they're on their goddamn phone. Doesn't help that the 5'3" soccer mom is driving a SUV the size of a Brinks Truck.
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