Irresponsible driving causes accidents. Any activity that distracts the driver from the road and its obstacles raises the probability of the driver, passengers or other vehicles, animals or objects getting hurt or damaged. However, the consequences for texting or talking in a rural situation are different than urban settings. Does this mean we can pull over law enforcement when they continue to text? Yet another law with good intentions, but also an infringement on our freedom of speech: Punish the majority for the faults of the minority of distracted drivers that actually cause an accident or fatality!
I am so sick of everything that happens being blamed on discrimination or freedom of speech. What did these cell phoners do before cell phones were here? This is what....they stopped the car and used a pay phone. They waited until they got home to announce they were home instead of calling from the mail box. I believe cell phones have increased the accident rate more than alcohol, if you consider the short number of years they have been used as mobile phones. They should be completely banned from being used in vehicles. Before you pop back your smart crack at me, answer this question, If I got a call that my loved one is dead because someone was using a cell phone while driving.....would I feel differently? If not, you do not love your loved ones.
My interpretation is these laws are redundant since they already have provisions "relating to the suspension or revocation of the licenses of habitually negligent or dangerous drivers and the point system." Where has common sense gone? Is EVERY instance of use of technology while driving RECKLESS? If it was, then there would be many more accidents than already documented. Drivers need to be accountable and responsible for their actions, punish the violators after the accident occurs, but why PROHIBIT use totally?!? The loss of a loved one by their or someone else's irresponsibility is tragic... cellphone, alcohol, roadrage, etc. This culture relies heavily on cars: if you let paranoia run your live, then stay home, or let a passenger talk and text for you.
Farmer Chris,
You have been drinking too much corn liquor, my friend. To Hale with habitual! How many chances do they get to kill your child? People have gone absolutely crazy about these friggin' cell phones. You said, "Punish the driver after the accident occurs.?" Your loved ones are disposable, obliviously.
OMG....it is only a image of a phone and text. WTF else r u going 2 complain abt? Come on folks itz the 21 century!
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Driving up and down 19-41 to work and home
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06/28/10 at 03:11 PM
Still tired of the people in the left lane driving so slow or even the speed limit, that lane is for people to pass on or drive faster then normal. Someone is on your tail so pull to the right!
Just do em like I do, I still brake check em, Pass them on the right then cut over on them and hit your brakes. Hee heeee, Then when they either hit you and you claim that they were following to close and they get a ticket or they get over in the correct lane for their slow Arses then you speed on up and carry on your business as usual. Trust me it works every time. And yes the part where they hit you and they get the ticket has worked for me, Thanks perdues the new paint still looks great and I didn't have to pay for it LOL.
No so. If it can be proven that you intentionally performed an unsafe action, causing an accident (someone got it on video, there were wittnesses, etc.) then YOU can be held liable. This "always the persons fault who hit you in the rear" myth is false. Research case law sometime and you'll see this for yourself.
If you see an idiot swoop by you in the highway,stop before they squat and get their tag number. These careless, greedy people do not care who they hurt. Some people with morals may even stop and give you their phone number and witness for you if need be. These are ruthless jerks.
There are at least four variants of this scam:
1. "Swoop and Squat." The scammer swoops in front of you, jams on the brakes, and you hit them from the rear. Inside the scammer's car are passengers who then pretend to have severe and painful injuries, even if the collision was at a very low speed.
2. "Drive Down." As you are merging into traffic, the scammer slows down and waves you forward. He then rams into your car and denies waving you into traffic, and of course, blames the accident entirely on you.
3. "Sideswipe." At a busy intersection with a dual left-turn lane, the scammer deliberately sideswipes you if you accidentally drift into the outer lane while completing the turn.
4. "Shady Helpers." Whether you've had a legitimate or staged accident, a stranger approaches you to convince you to use a specific auto-body shop, doctor or chiropractor, or lawyer. It may be a setup: you could easily get poor and overpriced work done, shoddy or no treatment, or bad legal advice.
Cell phones should be taxed REALLY, REALLY high. They should be taxed enough to cover our debt to China. The calls should be so expensive that they will not be used for fun while driving. 911 should be a free call.
And I am pleased to know a young person with such foresight. Pass the word to your friends, Amber. Friends don't let friends use cell phones in vehicles.
gotta go and get a new paula dean mattress. I hope it smell's like fried chicken and tator salad.
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Why Pay More Home Centers
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06/29/10 at 06:13 PM
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Got me one of those paula dean mattresses and the darnest thang when I awoke this morning there was a cracker and half a hersey bar stuck to the side of my head and two pillows are MIA. Well I gotta run down to wal-mart and get two martha stewart pillows to go with my new paula dean mattress.
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dont ever vote for sheila t
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06/29/10 at 06:48 PM
It is obvious she knows everything already and has a stupid self serving comment for every one else's post. Watch here comes another one from the great one.
This entire cell phone fiasco is just another example of the global digression of our logical thinking. Can anyone out there explain why they were ever condoned in the first place? Did someone somewhere stand up in a conference room or board meeting and say, "I have an idea that will make us multi-billionaires. Let's make a phone that can be used while driving down the road." Then a bigger idiot stood and said, "Cool idea, dude. Then we will upgrade it in two months and add texting so people can be even less attentive, while driving. Then after a few thousand get killed trying to use the little keys, we will make a little portable computer. Then we will make it bigger and bigger until it is so big it requires a seat belt of its own. We will unite the whole world.........(except those we kill or cripple, but progress always has sacrifices, doesn't it?) Let them pass a law, they won't catch me. And they are too stupid to make them illegal in vehicles. After all, I need to call and tell my BF that I am in her yard. I cannot walk all the way to that door. (I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.) If your teenagers have cell phones, you ASKED for the call when you get it..."there has been a terrible accident and I am sorry to tell you that......"
The even sadder part will be when the other vehicle is full of totally innocent victims that our law calls "DEAD at the SCENE of the ACCIDENT." Does it make you feel better when you tell them not to use it while driving? If so, give them a bottle of liquor and a gun and tell them not to use them either. Clear your conscience. Oh yeah, Coggins, Pasley-Fletcher and Moody Funeral Homes wish to say, "Thank You" to all you Parents, Grandparents and other enablers of cell phone users.
I am glad that the law was passed. It needed to be to many people are distracted by their cell phones. But it should be all distractions not just phones. I see police officers that have been distracted by typing on their computers while driving and swerving into the other lane a little. WHat are we going to do about that.
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stop at McD's and do it between bites.
You have been drinking too much corn liquor, my friend. To Hale with habitual! How many chances do they get to kill your child? People have gone absolutely crazy about these friggin' cell phones. You said, "Punish the driver after the accident occurs.?" Your loved ones are disposable, obliviously.
Or continue to post false assumptions.
There are at least four variants of this scam:
1. "Swoop and Squat." The scammer swoops in front of you, jams on the brakes, and you hit them from the rear. Inside the scammer's car are passengers who then pretend to have severe and painful injuries, even if the collision was at a very low speed.
2. "Drive Down." As you are merging into traffic, the scammer slows down and waves you forward. He then rams into your car and denies waving you into traffic, and of course, blames the accident entirely on you.
3. "Sideswipe." At a busy intersection with a dual left-turn lane, the scammer deliberately sideswipes you if you accidentally drift into the outer lane while completing the turn.
4. "Shady Helpers." Whether you've had a legitimate or staged accident, a stranger approaches you to convince you to use a specific auto-body shop, doctor or chiropractor, or lawyer. It may be a setup: you could easily get poor and overpriced work done, shoddy or no treatment, or bad legal advice.
in addition, if you slam on brakes in front of someone as the idiot above describes. you are subject to a real bad arse whoopin.
Come try them out.
The even sadder part will be when the other vehicle is full of totally innocent victims that our law calls "DEAD at the SCENE of the ACCIDENT." Does it make you feel better when you tell them not to use it while driving? If so, give them a bottle of liquor and a gun and tell them not to use them either. Clear your conscience. Oh yeah, Coggins, Pasley-Fletcher and Moody Funeral Homes wish to say, "Thank You" to all you Parents, Grandparents and other enablers of cell phone users.