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Offline Keenan

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2011, 05:54:20 pm »
It's against the law here and yet so many are addicted to doing it that they seem unable or "unwilling to change even with hefty fines. There was a young kid killed on a bike just a few miles down the road, The guy driving was texting. Now facing manslaughter!
 
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2011, 06:17:45 pm »
I'll step up (pun intended) to texting and walking just as soon as I master the old walk and chew gum trick.   I've been known to trip over a shadow on the sidewalk.
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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2011, 08:20:05 pm »
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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2011, 09:42:43 pm »
I don't want cops giving tickets to foolish walkers, but I line in a college town and I'm all for the idiot flag/darts.  I was behind a chick the other day who missed a green light all together while I was pulling up behind her.  We were both going to the fabric store.  She apologised, and I told her, "at least you wern't on your phone."  She was digging around in the back seat.  ;D  I don't even have a cell phone, miss them rarely. 
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Offline butch

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2011, 11:41:50 pm »
road rage can be eliminated with 3 words. say it out loud..  i forgive you.... then shoot, now dont that feel better.
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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #20 on: October 01, 2011, 02:33:34 pm »
I put in 80 miles a day on the interstate, and I couldn't count how many times I've been about run out of the road by people texting. And texting and driving is illegal here.
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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #21 on: October 01, 2011, 06:16:30 pm »
 The sad thing is I've been riding behind Deputy Sheriff's here and watched them run off the road while they were driving and typing on their computers. :(
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #22 on: October 01, 2011, 08:54:41 pm »
Quote from: mullet on October 01, 2011, 06:16:30 pm
The sad thing is I've been riding behind Deputy Sheriff's here and watched them run off the road while they were driving and typing on their computers. :(

Wonder what kinda porn he was looking up?
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Offline fishfinder401

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #23 on: October 01, 2011, 10:47:58 pm »
driving out of my schools' parking lot with every spot filled in an SUV,
that's scary, the mix of texting and no driving skill really scares me some days
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Offline aznboi3644

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2011, 03:23:56 pm »
Same problem here all the time.  I just honk and hold the horn if I can see em texting at the light.  Right when it turns green I'm honking and flipping them off.  Seriously its annoying.  Makes me so mad I just wanna ram them from behind and call em a dumbsh!t
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Offline SyF

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2011, 05:22:58 pm »
Here's a young lady who did her engineering masters thesis at MIT on a cell phone jammer, for "people [who] find themselves surrounded by technologies they find frustrating or annoying." Apparently she can't sell it because of FCC laws, but has posted all the circuit schematics if you'd like to build one yourself (see the links at left).
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Offline fishfinder401

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2011, 05:42:29 pm »
if only i knew how o to build one, i would carry it in school all day and teachers would praise me ;D
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #27 on: October 02, 2011, 10:52:43 pm »
In many restaurants and ALL movie theaters in Japan have cell phone jammers running.  Good idea!
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Offline criveraville

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #28 on: October 03, 2011, 12:51:13 am »
Gun Doc,

That is great advice. A few years back Diego and I were going camping. One last stop was Walmart and Taco Bell on the way out of town. As I pulled into the drive-tru line the person behind me sped up, started honking and then slammed on their brakes. I ignored it until as the line moved he did the speed up, slam on brakes bit.

I was in my 94 camry. Without thinking I flung the door open, jumps out of my car and threw my arms in the air as I made eye contact and when I started yelling at me, I spoke over him...

I stood there for a while. He didn't get out of his truck, so I got back in my car. When I did he backed out and drove away.

I think I had this reaction because my child and my namesake was in the back seat. In retrospect it was a dumb dumb move, but I wasn't thinking when my fatherly instincts kicked in..

Later I told the story at school in a worse case senerio----


"Two Mexican men battle it out in the Taco Bell drivetru... Must be some good burritos!!

Not cool...  8)
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Offline Josh B

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Re: Texting and Driving
« Reply #29 on: October 05, 2011, 05:09:40 am »
I can certainly relate to the fatherly instinct.  I have no sense of humor when someone is endangering my children or any child for that matter.  Glad it didn't turn for the worse at Taco Bell.
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