This thread has had more debate than the TP debate thread,LOL!!
Mike
Sadly, it contained more dishonesty than I have ever believed possible on this forum.
good night all.
This thread has had more debate than the TP debate thread,LOL!!
Mike
FWIW - this week is road trip. I have to drive to Toledo today, then to Auburn Hills Tuesday afternoon, then back home Thursday evening.
I'll be using my S4 alot.
By most everybody's theory here, I won't make it.
We'll see.
Well, I made it to Toledo. No accidents. On the phone at least half the time.
200 miles
You got one.We need a pissin' post for this thread!!
Mike
You got one.
Some folks been pissin' on me the whole time.
A sophisticated, real-world study confirms that dialing, texting or reaching for a cellphone while driving raises the risk of a crash or near-miss, especially for younger drivers. But the research also produced a surprise: Simply talking on the phone did not prove dangerous, as it has in other studies.
I am sure I am going to get slammed for this but I agree with limiting cell phone use while driving. In Ontario You can use your phone hands free "with a Bluetooth". There are enough distractions when driving trying to type a message to somebody while driving down the road a 65mph is suicidal, but I see it done quite often. I have been hit on the 401 at 60 mph by a woman texting on her phone. I slowed to 20 mph for a traffic jam, and she ran into the back of me at 60 (a witness told the cop she didn't touch her brakes). Her cell phone was active when I got to the car to see if she was OK. I drive a 3/4 ton Dodge 4x4, she drove a Honda Civic. If the vehicles had been reversed I'm not sure I would be here to type this. I do agree that some people can handle the distractions better than others, some people prioritize better than others, some people handle stress better than others. We have to start somewhere, DUI drivers don't just hit and kill other drunks, they don't discriminate. That is why there are set laws saying how much you can drink before you get behind the wheel. Distracted, cell phone using, texting, bad drivers don't travel in packs, taking aim at one another. If your on the interstate, look at the car next to you. Let's hope the person driving is watching the road and not the response from the last text.
I don't disagree, as I mentioned in my earlier post, here we are allowed limited use with a bluetooth or other hands free device. I am fine with that. We have to start somewhere, I don't think talking is the problem, dialing, answering, etc, is. If it takes you 2 seconds to answer the phone or dial a number at 60 mph that is 180 ft between someone checking where they are going. I carry a phone for business, and will answer it while driving (with the blue tooth). I have a cell phone policy for my business when my employees are at work. I have had to let guys go because spending 45 minutes on the toilet with the cell phone was more important than feeding the family. If I were to see that guy coming up behind me will get out of the way. I don't understand what the fascination with the cell phone is.I don't think anyone here is advocating or defending texting while driving. We've been discussing talking while driving,
which seems many of us to be the same whether its with someone sitting in the passenger seat, or in a building 50 miles away.
One of the very reasons my son doesn't talk for days after being on the scene of something like that.The driver of the car was 17 years old. No black marks because she never hit the brakes and she still had the cell phone in her hand when they cut what was left of her out of the car.