Cell phones and driving?
Question:Most people can't drive well enough without distraction. How do they think that talking on their phones will make them do any better? Does this drive (no pun intended) anyone else nuts?
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In NY State where I live, it is AGAINST THE LAW to drive while HOLDING a cellphone in your hand or in your ear without the aid of a HANDS FREE DEVICE. However, you would NEVER know there was a law against it----I see idiiots on the road EVERY SINGLE DAY wizzing past me at 65 miles per hour yaking their heads off and HARDLY paying attention to the road or the cars around them. scares the HELL out of me... they weave from side to side almost swiping cars that are in other lanes. it's SO DANGEROUS and they don't even seem to care. I can't understand how a little hand held contraption has managed to change the world from being an ALMOST carefully taught drivig populace to an extremely wreckless one. I wish I could summon a cop every time I see one of these idiot cell phone fanatics with their phones to their ears while driving... they NEVER seem to be around----there is a virtual GOLD MINE in fines out there waiting for every cop..but they do little if ANYTHING to enforce the law (at least as far as cell phones go). I am SICK of cell phones in restaurants too---eating a meal while 13 different ring tones are going off around you SUCKS !! and that is as plunt as I can be about it... I think it is RUDE, disrespectful and Disgusting that you people have to carry that cell phone around IN YOUR EAR all the time like it's the LOVE OF YOUR LIFE---what the HELL did you all do before they were invented??? By the way--I'm a 57 year old lady so be nice with your comments back and I do NOT OWN A CELL PHONE
they dont think it well make them better. they just dont think it will make them much worse.
Not only does it drive me nuts, but I have personally almost been hit on 3 separate occasions, by individuals driving and turning corners, one hand on the wheel and one on the cell phone, and headed straight for me. Thank goodness for MY quick reflexes, but that doens't mean I will always be that lucky.
I still can't see why this is not against the law. And I still wonder, if these calls are soooo urgent, what must people have done before the cell phone came along?? I put talking on a cell phone and driving right up there with drinking and driving.
And both my husband and I are "responsible" cell phone customers.
I have been guilty of driving while on a cell phone. I usually do it on a straight away and I do not change lanes and all that usually. I have since gotten 2 way which helps but I am slowly realizing that it is all dangerous. It does drive me crazy when people just think that you are suppose to move for them and they hardly pay attention to what they are doing.
It's very upsetting. Most people believe that they, personally, are better drivers than everyone else and can handle the distraction. They are wrong. Every day, I get worried by at least one person in the lane next to me creeping into my lane and when I look, people who do this are invariably talking on the phone. The same with drivers who cannot maintain a consistent speed or match my speed to drive directly beside me or ride my blind spot. It's so stupid. Whatever it is they're talking about cannot be that important.
Here in Australia it IS illegal, and carries a hefty fine, there have also been deaths by accident recorded, having been attributed to one of the victims being on the phone at the time.
Unfortunately there are just not enough police around to catch everyone offending, and I see them just about every day.
In fact I have even seen worse.
Men shaving while driving. Women applying mascara in the mirror while driving, even reading a book balanced on the steering wheel...
sadly the idiots that do this and have accidents, are the ones that get out OK while some innocent victim cops it.
That's not safe.
It is very dangerous and I believe some places have outlawed cell phone use while driving. I think it should be outlawed everywhere and there would be fewer accidents and deaths caused by this dangerous habit. I'd be all for it and so would many others I'm sure. Change takes forever and I'm sure it will be a long time before this happens!! It's worth it if it only saves on life, right?!
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