The Last Text - A documentary on the dangers of texting while driving... (Page 5/20)
TXGOOD DEC 29, 05:18 PM
I don`t like to see either talking on a cell phone or texting but to compare the two is ridiculous.
You might look at your phone to dial or answer but you are not looking at it everytime you either initiate or respond on a subject to the other party.
Plus, the amount that some of the youth today use texting is a wonder they can drive at all without running over something.
starlightcoupe DEC 29, 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by rpro:

....Texting is about as exciting as sending morse code.



I got a kick out of that--I feel exactly the same. My wife and I both wonder why they don't just talk on the cell--I guess it is a generational thing.

I am a ham and there was a short period in the 60s that I used a leg key and talked around the world on Morse Code (also called CW) while zipping along at 60 mph but frankly, I found the whole effort too distracting.
rogergarrison DEC 29, 06:11 PM
Ive seen some recent stupidity recently. One girl was texting as she was driving beside me in my van (I could see her by looking down). I stopped at a red light and she went right past me....into the path of cross traffic. Scratch her car, another car and telephone pole. One of the girls at the restaurant had her 3rd wreck of the year. She has a Mercedes SUV daddy bought. She was texting in the parking lot of a drive thru restaurant and totalled it and the car she hit. Dumb azzes are born every second.
newf DEC 29, 06:11 PM
That was a great video, powerfull stuff.

There are always a section of the population that will think "it will never happen to me" or that they are better drivers than everyone else and can get away with such things. I always hope they've signed their organ donor cards and crash alone.

Half the people on the road are reckless when they are talking on their cell let alone texting.

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phonedawgz DEC 29, 06:13 PM

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Originally posted by avengador1:


You seemed to have forgotten the part of being "mentally awake and morally straight".




Sorry but MY morals don't come from a dumb a** like you. I suggest you work on your own.
Gecko DEC 29, 06:39 PM

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Originally posted by starlightcoupe:

My wife and I both wonder why they don't just talk on the cell--I guess it is a generational thing.



My guess is people don't really want to talk to the other person, they just want to say what they have to say.

Khw DEC 29, 07:02 PM

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Originally posted by 8Ball:

Your response was very offensive in the first place.

You wanna put yours against mine? Sure thing. I have had exactly ONE speeding ticket in 12 years. So ok, sure let's line them up. I have also had ONE failure to stop. In an empty parking lot.



Let's see for me I had a speeding ticket and illegal turn when I was 18. I had a following to close when I was around 30. That's it for moving violations on my record and I've been driving for... 23 years. I did once get a ticket for speed contest but it was dismissed because as I told the Officer who issued it, I was not racing.

Now my Wife, she's been driving for 10 years and hasn't had a single ticket.
lurker DEC 29, 07:47 PM

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Originally posted by phonedawgz:

I taught Sunday School for over 10 years. I was a Scoutmaster for over 10 years.
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I post to PFF while driving at times. I don't when I feel I need my full attention on the road.


"i'm a danger to everyone on the road, but it's ok because i mentor and set an example for children."
8Ball DEC 29, 08:00 PM

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Originally posted by 87antuzzi:


You aint gotta lie to kick it. You dont buy a big gulp and baby it around.......



That is exactly what happens in that video I did buy Big Gulp to raise hell. And I have raised hell. I am not saying that is ok. But I USUALLY do it on closed private streets.. For example when the Ferrari 308 thought he could spank me.. We went to the closed street that the cars and coffee was taking place on and did it there. Or the cop in the Crown Vic who asked me to run him. We went to a parking lot in an empty industrial complex.

But yes.. I will admit I have run her hard on public roads. Was it smart? Nope. And I am not trying to excuse my actions.. But When I am running it hard, I am looking at the road... not down at my cell phone trying to text someone. I WILL see you if you pull out in front of me. I am also not running hard in traffic. only when a mustang and I are out alone on a stretch of road and he wants an arse whipping.

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8Ball DEC 29, 08:03 PM

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Originally posted by Khw:
Now my Wife, she's been driving for 10 years and hasn't had a single ticket.



Mine has never had a ticket either... been driving for 17 years or so. But she drives like Mario Andriette!!