I think they should ban cell phone use while driving.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Make it for all handheld devices. The other day I saw a guy driving with his left elbow while he held his PDA in his left hand and punched buttons with his right. All this at 65 mph in traffic on the PA turnpike.Originally posted by reason:
I think they should ban cell phone use while driving.
I think we should ban fat ugly chicks with unrestrained rugrats.
I keep my cell with me 99.9% of the time. If it rings while I'm driving, I just don't answer it. Even with a handsfree, I wouldn't answer it.
Becaue, you know, I'm too busy listening to the radio and stuff.
Who wants to be interrupted when being brainwashed by the neo-con right? [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This has been me for the last 30 years.I decided this morning I no longer like driving.
And yeah, it's great fun on the bike.
I'm surprised by the truck driver, reason. On our road trips, the semi's are about the ONLY one's paying attention.
What I particulary hate are the out of state folks out for their Sunday drives when trav and I are out on the bike.
I'm gonna profile her, but! Ugly fat chick, eating fast food and talking on cell phone, out of state plates, rug rats NOT in seatbelts, and I start telling trav to getthehellAWAY from that car.
But then again, I'm a wuss.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This has been me for the last 30 years.I decided this morning I no longer like driving.
And yeah, it's great fun on the bike.
I'm surprised by the truck driver, reason. On our road trips, the semi's are about the ONLY one's paying attention.
What I particulary hate are the out of state folks out for their Sunday drives when trav and I are out on the bike.
I'm gonna profile her, but! Ugly fat chick, eating fast food and talking on cell phone, out of state plates, rug rats NOT in seatbelts, and I start telling trav to getthehellAWAY from that car.
But then again, I'm a wuss.
The asshole's name is:
Kevin Crumpler
4842 Highbanks Road
El Dorado, Arkansas 71730
He drives a 1994 Nissan Altima, last seen with a bent hood and a broken light on the front passsenger side.
This 98 pound wuss appears to be a recent music theater graduate of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and a member of the 2002 pledge class of the fraternity Kappa Chi.
Working as an entertainer this summer at Old Coney in Cincinnati, Kevin caused $1,000-$1,500 damage to my car.
He didn't pay his insurance and Farm Bureau will not pay the claim. Mr. Crumpler knows people are looking for him, but he's a coward and hides.
I'm thinking if anyone ever does a web search on him, maybe this will come up.
He looks like the guy second from the left. Picture taken from his fraternity web site:
ok...someone help me with the cut and past of the photo...It won't let me paste on to this site.
<font color="#000002" size="1">[ August 23, 2004 09:47 AM: Message edited by: reason ]</font>
Driving anymore sucks ass. Everytime I drive to work, it feels like a mini Daytona 500 with trucks, cars, and mini vans (all sporting Dale Jr's race number) attempting to not let anyone else pass them and thus upping the speeds on the freeways, often, to 85+. I usually cruise between 70-75 and I get dusted. Of course I end up coming up on someone who is doing 60 and have to slow down because I can't get in the left lane lest I be run over.
My blood pressure is at least 15 points higher when I get to work than it was when I left my home.
Add to that those drivers doing 85+ who just HAVE to be on their cell phones because they think it makes them look important to other drivers when in actuality it makes them look like idiots.
Outside of an emergency, there is <font size="6">NO</font> reason anyone needs to talk on a phone while driving. NONE!!!
If I had one wish it would be to uninvent cell phones. Or restrict their dialing abilities to 911 only.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's like that guy last week who stayed in the passing lane for about 5 miles, even though he wasn't passing anyone. I watched as several cars moved to the center lane to pass when they had the opportunity.Originally posted by Jumper69:
Driving anymore sucks ass. Everytime I drive to work, it feels like a mini Daytona 500 with trucks, cars, and mini vans (all sporting Dale Jr's race number) attempting to not let anyone else pass them and thus upping the speeds on the freeways, often, to 85+. I usually cruise between 70-75 and I get dusted. Of course I end up coming up on someone who is doing 60 and have to slow down because I can't get in the left lane lest I be run over.
My blood pressure is at least 15 points higher when I get to work than it was when I left my home.
Add to that those drivers doing 85+ who just HAVE to be on their cell phones because they think it makes them look important to other drivers when in actuality it makes them look like idiots.
Outside of an emergency, there is <font size="6">NO</font> reason anyone needs to talk on a phone while driving. NONE!!!
If I had one wish it would be to uninvent cell phones. Or restrict their dialing abilities to 911 only.
I was last in the line, so I did what everyone else did, flipped on my turn signal, went to the center lane, and slowly accelerated.
But as I accelerated...so did he. I'm not sure what his game was, but he decided he wanted to go 15 mph faster than he had for the previous 5 miles, just so I couldn't pass.
Well I did, and he proceeded to give me dirty looks the next three miles.
It's really nutty behavior.
As I enter I-74 during the work week, I have less than a mile to merge left three lanes to exit left to 75 north.
It's a 90% guarantee that turning on my turn signal to merge left means the car behind me in the lane into which I'm merging will speed up. It happens over and over and over.
And it's not like I'm wedging myself in. In most circumstances, there are multiple car lengths and ample room to merge. But that turn signal tells them CLOSE THAT GAP!.
In 5 years, I've never missed the exit north, but I've come close a few times, always because of inconsiderate drivers.
One more thing -
If people out there think they can't lose their insurance by filing a claim for an accident that wasn't their fault, they are sadly mistaken.
My tenant filed two minor claims for accidents where she was not at fault. She was rewarded with cancellation of her insurance.
I think the rule of thumb is to not file unless you absolutely have to.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So true. So very, very true.As I enter I-74 during the work week, I have less than a mile to merge left three lanes to exit left to 75 north.
It's a 90% guarantee that turning on my turn signal to merge left means the car behind me in the lane into which I'm merging will speed up. It happens over and over and over.
That stretch is particularly fun when it's raining.
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