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08-30-2008, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by BigFish
You believe what you will.....ever sit in your living room and talk on the phone in front of the tv and not remember what you were watching??? Problem is people are distracted and yes...I agree they need to focus on the number 1 task at hand....driving the damn car! Not putting on makeup, not reading, not scratching scratch tickets, not talking on the phone, not texting, not fumbling for butts!!!!  |
I was almost KILLED by someone who didn't have both hands on the wheel and both eyes on the road.Simple.What's not to understand here?
Ever been killed in your living room because you were on the phone and forgot what you were watching?Of course not.Forgetting what you saw on TV because of a telephone conversation in your living room can't be compared to forgetting how to drive because of a phone call.I avoided death by milliseconds,literally.
Time to ban handheld cells and driving.Period.After today you will not change my mind. |
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08-30-2008, 09:13 PM
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I love people talking on cell phones while driving !!!
It keeps me employed !!!  |
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08-30-2008, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie
I love people talking on cell phones while driving !!!
It keeps me employed !!! |
Tow truck driver or EMT? |
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08-30-2008, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by basswipe
Tow truck driver or EMT?
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Auto body tech |
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08-30-2008, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie
Auto body tech
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Cells are definitely your friend($)! |
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08-30-2008, 09:21 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
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But the person was on a cell phone? You say tomato and I say tomatoe.  People have been careless driving for years....and yet the rate of death and accidents has grown by leaps and bounds since the inception of the cell phone?? |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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08-30-2008, 09:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
But the person was on a cell phone? You say tomato and I say tomatoe. People have been careless driving for years....and yet the rate of death and accidents has grown by leaps and bounds since the inception of the cell phone?? |
Gotta disagree Larry.
Things were MUCH worse (and deadly) in years past with drinking and driving ! |
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08-30-2008, 09:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
But the person was on a cell phone? You say tomato and I say tomatoe. People have been careless driving for years....and yet the rate of death and accidents has grown by leaps and bounds since the inception of the cell phone?? |
There was no doubt.This guy was on his cell ,I saw the whites of his eyes as my truck swerved to avoid him.He was on the goddamn phone.
No tomatos or tomatoes here.This dousch almost killed Jane and I because he was on the phone and could not properly drive his vehicle.
And yes BF the accident/death HAS grown by leaps and bounds since the inception of the cell phone.Time to ban handheld cells while driving.You won't change my mind. |
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08-30-2008, 09:46 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
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How can I post a link?? Maybe someone can do this.....google statistics on cell phone/auto accidents and the info to prove my point is in the first link!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-30-2008, 09:50 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
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http://www.newsdial.com/technology/c...tatistics.html
WOW! Can't believe I did it! Here ya go! Chew on these stats for a bit......stats are the same for hands free or traditional cell use. Have a safe night.
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-31-2008, 10:58 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
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basswipe--next time you're behind the wheel, hold your empty left hand to your ear for 3 minutes and see if that makes you drive with your head up your ass
NY has had a hands-free law for years--it was the first state to enact one. I wish I had a buck for everytime I got stuck behind some numbnuts driving 45 in the left lane, wrapped up in his/her hands-free conversation. I wouldn't have had to move out of there in the first place. |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-31-2008, 12:00 PM
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Didn't realize that MA law required one hand on the wheel at all times...guess that means no more practicing on the duck call while driving!   |
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08-31-2008, 12:35 PM
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Plug Paladin
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Jackson, N.J.
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I have at least 2 times a week that someone crosses the the center line at me. Cel phones are bad while driving.
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08-31-2008, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike P
basswipe--next time you're behind the wheel, hold your empty left hand to your ear for 3 minutes and see if that makes you drive with your head up your ass
NY has had a hands-free law for years--it was the first state to enact one. I wish I had a buck for everytime I got stuck behind some numbnuts driving 45 in the left lane, wrapped up in his/her hands-free conversation. I wouldn't have had to move out of there in the first place. |
Mike if I take my left hand off the wheel for 3 mins for any reason that's 3 mins I'm driving at a disadvantage.Two hands on the wheel simply put is safer than one on the wheel.Period.
As far as being behind some "numbnut" on a handsfree unit going 45mph with both hands on the wheel,I'll take that over some a-hole pulling out into traffic anyday with only one hand on the wheel any %$%$%$%$ing day. |
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08-31-2008, 01:21 PM
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Better yet fvck the hands-free device...pull over and get your a$$ of the road altogether.Your conversation will never be as important as a life.
Done....again.
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08-31-2008, 06:06 PM
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Retired Surfer
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I am not going to get involved in this one.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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08-31-2008, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Swimmer
I am not going to get involved in this one.
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Everytime I pass an officer or trooper they're yapping away...
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08-31-2008, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Swimmer
I am not going to get involved in this one.
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Me either  |
I'm going where I'm going... 
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08-31-2008, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BigFish
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Dig a little deeper and find out who owns that site.
Oops.DOH!!!
Now I'm truly done with this thread.I WILL not be killed by a conversation that can wait. |
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