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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:26 AM Original message |
Almost "Got it" this morning from a "Cell-Phone talker" |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's against the law to drive with a handset in many areas of the country |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. We've had a law like that around here for awhile |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Heck, I've seen police and sheriff's officers driving with cell phones clamped to their ears. |
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lilymidnite (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Happened to me recently, too |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. anyone who talks on the phone in heavy traffic is a danger to others |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. Someone will be by shortly to tell you how wrong you are. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. Over the weekend, 2 cars drifted into my lane on the freeway. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's against the law to talk on a cell |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yeah....(Calmly) I guess the problem is a lot of people can talk on phones... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. New England Journal of Medicine ran an article on this: as dangerous as being drunk and driving |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. There was a report recently about how those on cell phones slow everyone else down |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. AND there is virtually no difference in the driver's capacity |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. that's right |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It it different from having a conversation with someone who's IN the car with you? |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. That can be a distraction, too, but |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I think the difference is that when someone is in the car |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I agree. And it may mean someone else is helping you pay attention. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Yes. |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. If the guy was going fast enough to where he almost killed you... |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Good Question. I'm pretty observent at intersections....probably from my training... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. The first cell talker to hit me will have a new suppository |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Are you sure it would do any good considering how small they are now? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. It would take it out of their hands |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. They're banned here in california now. Now everyone has those thingys attached to their heads |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. There's an intersection that I have to travel through on a regular basis where, at night, people |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
21. I think I know that guy! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
23. I take traffic lights with a grain of salt now. |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. Almost "got it" this morning from a "newspaper reader" |
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