Cell phones while Driving

[mugsy]

I have more problems with people putting make up on as they drive or yelling at their kids in the back seat (even so far as to be turned around yelling) than people on cell phones (although the oblivious ones make me nuts).

[Prairie Purrs]

It's true that there are some people who can drive and talk on the phone simultaneously without having an accident, but it would seem that many people cannot safely operate a car and a cell phone at the same time.

It's also true that some people can drive with an alcohol level that's over the legal limit without getting into an accident. But that's not a very good argument in favor of eliminating the drunk driving laws.

If cell phones are frequently identified as a factor in causing accidents, then their use while driving should be banned.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Yesterday I was on the interstate. Five lanes wide and moving at about 65 mph. In the center lane was a pickup. Two guys in it. One of them was flipping through an atlas and reading the various maps. Unfortunately, it was the same guy who was driving.

I have seen people on this interstate eating cereal while driving, putting on makeup and turning around to converse with the backseat occupants. I have seen woman in a hot little sports car with her parrot sitting on the dash.

What I want to know is.....who are all these people talking to? Really, at 7:00 in the morning...WHO are they talking to????

[wolflady]

...What I want to know is.....who are all these people talking to? Really, at 7:00 in the morning...WHO are they talking to????

LOL LOL you know, I've always wondered that too! What is so bloody important, you know?

Oh my gosh Kay, that is incredibly rude! People should be curteous enough to get off the freaking phone for 2 minutes to order food if they drove up to a drive-through window. *sigh* I have to agree that people in general have become so much more rude than they used to be. It's rediculous that you would have to wait for them to finish their stupid call, and worse yet...that they TELL you to wait! WTF? Ugh! I would almost consider not waiting on them and tell them to keep going if they can't shut their yap for two seconds to order their food. *sigh*

catlady, good points...all. It is so true. I have to agree that rude and irresponsible behavior, lack of ethics, morals, and plain and simple curtesy is the source of the whole problem. It's sad that in just a few short years, people have become this way, but I've really noticed it this year. I really miss the days when people were more considerate. Now everyone is so self-involved...that nothing but them matters.

[RICHARD]

What I want to know is.....who are all these people talking to? Really, at 7:00 in the morning...WHO are they talking to????

Calling the Highway Patrol to report the idiot who cut them off for driving while talking on a cell phone.

[kimboe]

I think cell phones are part of the distraction, But really the distraction is conversation! wheather it be on the phone or in person.
The human brain can only do so much at a time...

[moosmom]

I remember when it was against the law to eat or drink coffee while driving.

[Catlady711]

I remember when it was against the law to eat or drink coffee while driving.

Probably still is, it's just not enforced anymore. That's the sad part with law, we don't need NEW laws, just the ones we have enforced.

And then theres always those weird laws that are still on the books in places which are definately not enforced or have new laws overriding them.....

In our area there is still a law stating that it's illegal to bathe in the town square after 9pm (apparently it's ok to do so before that?) but that one is superceded by the indecent exposure law. Then theres the law about not tying your horse up directly in front of the business' to use the provided posts instead. I'm still wondering if you ticketed an illegally tied horse, where do you stick the ticket , they don't have windshield wipers??!~ ROFL