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| The Last Text - A documentary on the dangers of texting while driving... (Page 4/20) |
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phonedawgz
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DEC 29, 01:32 PM
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The great thing about being an adult is we all get to have our own opinions.
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phonedawgz
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DEC 29, 01:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Jonesy:
I can understand when you just wanna tell someone "k" it would seem silly to actually call them on the phone to say that.. If someone is texting you a question that only requires a "k" to answer.. I seriously doubt its very important, and can wait 5 or 10 minutes for you to stop at a redlight, or get home and answer them then. So i hear were ya comin from fastblack, and understand your logic on the matter.
too you: (Its illogical to make a full phone call when all you want to say is "k")
too me: (its 100 times more illogical to put yourself and others in harms way, so you can tell someone "k")
Not judging anyone, im not perfect either, but thats just my opinion on the subject.
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How many key strokes to text k vs call and say k?
If somehow I could see how pressing the buttons to text K was inherently more dangerous than dialing the buttons to say K, you could convince me. Clearly it's not 100 times more dangerous to press the same amount of keys. I still have to look at the display to dial. If you called me I still would glance to see what the display says. Both operations are of about the same dangerous level.
Again when you say pressing the buttons to text K is 100 times more dangerous than pressing the same buttons to call, it clearly shows me you don't understand the 'gray' of EVERY activity.
I think every activity should be evaluated for it's danger level. I think no particular activity should be 'dammed' as dangerous when others of the same danger level are not. I realize since there is a risk with everything I do I need to do what is appropriate.
Blind simplistic rules are what gets a kid kicked out of school cause he pointed a tator tot like a gun.
Honestly I think I evaluate risks more than others. Honestly I think I avoid risks that have more downside than upside more so than many. I don't see any good reason to drive 6 feel behind the bumper of a car or truck. I don't dial my phone or text when I am in traffic or pedestrians are around. I try my best to NOT be next to cars on the highway. I flash my brakes like a nut whenever I get into a slowdown on a highway.
I also decide what I can do in what situation. I clearly hear you damming texting. I already knew many had that attitude. I hear sentences that defy logic. "Don't take risks when driving" - Sorry driving is taking a risk. Everything you do in the car is a risk. People take reasonable risks based on their experience. I do the same.
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Gecko
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DEC 29, 01:57 PM
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Most everything has been addressed. I almost never text while driving because nothing I have to say is really that important. If it is, I have the blue tooth and can just call the person. Also once you have a passenger that becomes their job to automatically handle sending your messages. I actually had found myself on more then one occasion taking the cell phone from the driver (here, let me do that). Because you can so easily see how much they are NOT seeing when texting.
Since I didn't see Brad's answer about how he does the crossword puzzle while driving. I will volunteer an answer. You don't have very much of a distraction when you don't know the answers LOL.
Oh here's an idea, lets push this thread a little in the wrong direction. How distracting is it to be getting ___ while driving? I had a friend back in highschool who completely totaled his car in that situation once.
If you offended by ____ then, well........something is wrong with you. Who gets offended by a blank space LOL
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phonedawgz
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DEC 29, 03:04 PM
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I've had that. For sure a whole lot more dangerous than texting.
Better to park it kiddies and truly enjoy the moment. Don't forget to say thanks. And if she wants to kiss afterward just do it and better not make any funny faces or there will be no more tickets to that ride.
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87antuzzi
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DEC 29, 03:19 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 8Ball:
Oh you mean the run where I go from a near stop to 5 over the limit? Yea... real dangerous stuff huh. |
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You aint gotta lie to kick it. You dont buy a big gulp and baby it around.......
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84fiero123
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DEC 29, 04:00 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by phonedawgz:
I have never done a crossword puzzle while driving. How do you do it without using both hands?
The point I was trying to get at is everything has risks. To label something wise or unwise is back to the black and white. And to those who want to think black and white, they are just fooling themselves. I know of no one who refuses to eat in the car, refuses to use the radio in the car, refuses to look at a map in the car, refuses to speed in their car. If I did, I'd be happy with their perceived black and white view of safety too then. But since no one is that way, it goes back to the gray thing.
About the kid who hit a biker while driving. Yeah I think the risk of texting when you have pedestrians, bikers, and traffic to deal with is fairly foolish. I think if you are texting while driving in town it's pretty foolish. I also think youth have a harder time splitting their time and knowing their surroundings.
I like to have no cars close to me when I am driving on the highway. Usually in Wisconsin when you are out of the cities that's fairly easy to do. It's hard to hit someone or get hit by someone when they are no where near to you.
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Ever have a deer run out in frt of you on a highway at 60 MPH?
What would happen if you were Texting?
You willing to take that chance?
I’m not, and I might be right beside you in another car When it happens.
Steve ------------------
Technology is great when it works,
and one big pain in the ass when it doesn't.
Detroit iron rules all the rest are just toys.
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Gecko
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DEC 29, 04:03 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 84fiero123:
I’m not, and I might be right beside you in another car When it happens.
Steve
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In that case, I would hope you would text or call him and tell him to watch out for the deer. 
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maryjane
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DEC 29, 04:09 PM
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| quote | BOSTON (AP) — A subway driver who authorities say was texting his girlfriend just before his trolley slammed into the back of another one near an underground station, injuring more than 60 people, pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to probation.
Aiden Quinn appeared in Suffolk Superior Court to plead guilty to gross negligence by a person in control of a common carrier. Judge Carol Ball sentenced him to two years probation and 100 hours of community service.
Quinn admitted typing a text message to his girlfriend just before the May 2009 rush-hour crash at the Government Center subway stop, prosecutors said. He ran through yellow and red warning lights and into the two-car train ahead of his. He was later fired. |
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rpro
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DEC 29, 04:16 PM
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The first thing insurance companies do now is check your call log. If you were on your cell phone at the time of the accident they deny the claim and you are automatically at fault. Statistics show that more cellular related accidents occur now than those related to alcohol.
Texting is about as exciting as sending morse code.
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Derek_85GT
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DEC 29, 04:23 PM
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I'm never one to buy into the whole public safety hysteria and definitely not one for banning much of anything but...
This, however, I couldn't support more because by doing this you are directly impacting my and everybody else on the road's safety. Drive when you are ****ing driving. Don't text, call, read, do makeup, shave, comb your hair, pluck your eyebrows or whatever else is more important that paying attention and not killing yourself, or worse - someone else. Just ****ing drive.
Smoke weed, blow coke, shoot heroin on your own time in your home and I could care less. Distract yourself while driving and you're endangering my welfare, which is where the line gets drawn. I've seen too many people killed by careless driving due to people being distracted. I have a freind who has perminant nerve damage because some lady was using her phone and rear-ended her at c.55mph. I'm not one for lawsuits but had it been me I would have gone after her. Not for money but I would do everything I could to make sure she was never issued a driver's license again. I knew another guy who was killed while riding his motorcycle by some young girl on her phone. Live with that regret every day while you're bumming rides and catching the bus. Driving on public roads is a priviledge, not a right.
Just. ****ing. Drive.
~ Derek
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