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Total BS............ If I ever get rear ended by some idiot texting behind me....{I see it ALL the time in my rearview mirror} I'm going to beat them to a pulp before the cops get there........
And you'll go to jail, and get sued. Again, I don't think anyone is defending texting.
Just because a person is on a cell phone doesn't mean that the cell phone caused or contributed to the accident. There were plenty of accidents before cell phones. And as I pointed out before, pulling over to the side of the road and stopping is way more dangerous than talking on a cell phone.
IF it is dangerous to pull over, DON'T DO IT!
Whatever you need to say, in 99.99999% of the cases, can wait until you get to a parking spot, or a rest stop on a highway, or an office, or home, or a restaurant, etc. Only the Self-Important believe the world is hanging on their every word, and that word cannot wait a minute, or 10 minutes, or even an hour.
If cellphone use contributes to even 1% of road fatalities, that's too many, and something needs to be done.
Oy vey.
The truck driver in the article I posted admitted he was talking on the phone and didnt see the bus.
As far as you pointing out that pulling over is just as dangerous, how about posting a reputable study that confirms that?
I'll wait.
There probably isn't a study on it because it's common sense. Ask any cop or emergency worker how dangerous it is to be on the side of the road. Just like you and your cell phone story, I have a friend who was killed because she park on the side of the road. Just watch a few dash cams on youtube and you'll see plenty of car in the traveling lane take out a car on the side of the road.
IF it is dangerous to pull over, DON'T DO IT!
Whatever you need to say, in 99.99999% of the cases, can wait until you get to a parking spot, or a rest stop on a highway, or an office, or home, or a restaurant, etc. Only the Self-Important believe the world is hanging on their every word, and that word cannot wait a minute, or 10 minutes, or even an hour.
If cellphone use contributes to even 1% of road fatalities, that's too many, and something needs to be done.
I'm not disagreeing that it's distracting, but it's not any more distracting than talking to a passenger, and it's clearly less distracting then most other things people do when they drive. That's why we have careless driving laws. If someone is driving carelessly while using a cell phone then ticket them.
The worst offenders I see are the cops on the phone with their girlfriends or babbling on the radio, but I'm sure it's all good because they are wearing the cop costume and keeping us safe from ourselves
There probably isn't a study on it because it's common sense. Ask any cop or emergency worker how dangerous it is to be on the side of the road. Just like you and your cell phone story, I have a friend who was killed because she park on the side of the road. Just watch a few dash cams on youtube and you'll see plenty of car in the traveling lane take out a car on the side of the road.
Are you a cell phone salesperson?
Because you sure do sound like it.
Are you a cell phone salesperson?
Because you sure do sound like it.
Yup, you got me, I'm a cell phone salesman. And I realize that people will stop buying cell phones just because they can no longer use them in their car.
Yup, you got me, I'm a cell phone salesman. And I realize that people will stop buying cell phones just because they can no longer use them in their car.
Sucks to be you, whatever your (sic) agenda is.
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