The Last Text......................

BBQMAN · Posted: Feb 09 2011 Post subject: The Last Text......................

This should be a required watch for ALL drivers.

http://www.coolestone.com/media/1693/The-Last-Text/
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Canadian Bacon · Posted: Feb 10 2011 Post subject:

Very sad stuff,I still see so many "Idiots"texting and yapping on the phone its a joke,the fines should be heavier and driving privileges revoked for a time after so many offenses.If someone close to you gets killed because of crap like this,maybe you will all think twice about doing it........you know who you are.
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totally smokin · Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 21

as much tech that these phone have you would think the cell companies would disable the phone if it is moving at a certain speed.

patruns · Posted: Feb 10 2011 Post subject:

patruns · Posted: Feb 10 2011 Post subject:

I am still surprised that states see the necessity of instituting no texting while driving laws when they already have hands free laws on the books. Does anyone know a way to text without using your hands?
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totally smokin · Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 21

patruns · Posted: Feb 10 2011 Post subject:

totally smokin · Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 21

and i'm sure the could come up with a way for people on mass trans (bus,train, cab ect.) to be exempt

"they" know where that little hunk of plastic is at all times, i'm sure there's a way

i hate big brother sticking his nose in just as much as the next guy, but you can't fix stupid.

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BBQMAN · Posted: Mar 06 2011 Post subject:

So we were heading home from an event last Wednesday with a fully loaded F250 pulling a large trailer.

This is REALLY hard to miss, but.............................

The farking idiot in the right lane swerves in our direction.

Yupp, my passenger (I was busy trying not to get side-swiped) tells me the driver is texting.

As we come to a stop at the light, the driver looks over and gives us a "WTF are looking at" expression.

The driver behind him proceeds to dang near plow into the back of him.

Yupp, that young lady was texting too! Confused

Talk about poetic justice.............................

This is a problem- and our local news reports that:

Driving instructors say the danger of "in-text-icated" driving rivals intoxicated driving among teens.

"Texting now has taken over for the number one cause of fatal traffic as well as traffic crashes even exceeding B.A.C., blood alcohol," explained Richard Smith with the Tampa Area Safety Council.

Sobering news indeed.
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Canadian Bacon · Posted: Mar 07 2011 Post subject:

Its getting worse here everyday for texting or talking on phone's,we just had a one week police blitz,they wrote out lots of tickets and people still don't get it.I think besides the fines,we have have to start knocking points of the license.
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Geronimo · Posted: Mar 07 2011 Post subject:

My daughter just lost a good friend to this 2 weeks ago...she was 22 Crying or Very sad

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T00lman · Posted: Mar 07 2011 Post subject:

sitting in my tooltruck on the expressway bumper to bumper traffic on my left that lane had like a 10 car opening her comes this girl doing at least 70 I could see as she passed both hands a texting bam right into the cars in front of her what a helpless feeling she never even hit her brakes turned into a huge pile up most just folk trying to get home don,t know the outcome but from what I saw it wasn,t good .

smarten up folk lifes to short no need to shorting it beening stupid ?
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KAKid · Posted: Mar 08 2011 Post subject:

It's hard to make a phone Idiot proof. There are too many Idiots.
Even in our little burg, when a traffic light turns green, I look both ways, TWICE.
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totally smokin · Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 21

i still think it is an easy fix , disable the phone (for sending text or calls) above 25, 35 ? mph. You get an important call pull over to the shoulder, tak an exit do something, if it's not worth stopping for then it not an important call. But that would cut it the profits of phone companies so it will take laws to do this.

But lord help we invade on someones right to text.

There was a 14 year girl killed last night a few miles from here crossing the highway. The cops said witness saw her with cell phone out texting, and found the phone open with the text screen. She apparently walked out in front of a car and never saw it coming.

I'll say this in parting. These thing are like the old Corvairs ... Unsafe at any speed

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Tom C · Posted: Mar 22 2011 Post subject:

I just showed this to my 16 year old son. He said that they show this and others to the kids in the school. I hope it sinks in!

Thanks Mike for the post.
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cody · Posted: Mar 22 2011 Post subject:

this was going around at work
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BBQMAN · Posted: Mar 23 2011 Post subject:

BBQMAN · Posted: Mar 23 2011 Post subject:

Might as well also be DUI while sexting:

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/nature_coast/driver-charged-after-crash-apx-032211

This is a problem folks.

Not only do (some) people generally drive like a$$ clowns these days, but now this. Evil or Very Mad

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