Drunk Driving Safer Than Texting While Driving - Page 2

€uroMeinke · 06-25-2009, 07:43 PM

I've done it. Mostly at at stop lights or in stopped traffic. Mostly to read instead of write, but I've done it.

Disneyphile · 06-25-2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I've done it. Mostly at at stop lights or in stopped traffic. Mostly to read instead of write, but I've done it.

The key here is "stopped", not while moving.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-25-2009, 09:04 PM

Mostly.

€uroMeinke · 06-25-2009, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Disneyphile

The key here is "stopped", not while moving.

I've done it while driving as well - My mostly isn't an always

Disneyphile · 06-25-2009, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I've done it while driving as well - My mostly isn't an always

Well, maybe the article will offer a bit more thought, even if just for a moment. Just don't want to lose you to something dumb, ya know.

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-26-2009, 12:16 AM

I text at lights, I type a letter here and there while I'm driving, but I certainly do not concentrate the majority of my attention on the keyboard while in motion. Anyone with half a brain who has tried to do so understands immediately that it is not safe.

I remember my first attempts at such. Yeah, I don't need someone to tell me it's not smart. Sure, I can send a yes or no response, or glance to read. There are lines that can be drawn.

Morrigoon · 06-26-2009, 12:19 AM

Yeah, lights are good for that. Sometimes it'll take stopping at a few lights to crank out one text/tweet, but definitely easier to do while stopped.

BarTopDancer · 10-01-2009, 01:01 PM

Federal Employees have been banned from texting while driving.

Linky

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Federal employees will no longer be allowed to send text messages while driving government vehicles or when driving their own cars and using cellphones paid for by the government

Kinda pathetic that we need any laws about this, but that's what happens when people can't self regulate and think they are special and exempt.

Disneyphile · 10-01-2009, 01:44 PM

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Kinda pathetic that we need any laws about this, but that's what happens when people can't self regulate and think they are special and exempt.

Some laws purely exist to protect innocent lives from the actions of stupid people. Not surprised, really.

CoasterMatt · 10-01-2009, 02:01 PM

What if you're texting bible verses to your cheerleader daughter just before the big game?

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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I've done it. Mostly at at stop lights or in stopped traffic. Mostly to read instead of write, but I've done it. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Mostly. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	I text at lights, I type a letter here and there while I'm driving, but I certainly do not concentrate the majority of my attention on the keyboard while in motion. Anyone with half a brain who has tried to do so understands immediately that it is not safe. I remember my first attempts at such. Yeah, I don't need someone to tell me it's not smart. Sure, I can send a yes or no response, or glance to read. There are lines that can be drawn.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Yeah, lights are good for that. Sometimes it'll take stopping at a few lights to crank out one text/tweet, but definitely easier to do while stopped. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	What if you're texting bible verses to your cheerleader daughter just before the big game? __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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