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What an evening yesterday! I am driving home and a women in an SUV passes me on the left while drifting into my lane. She has a cell phone glued to her ear. I honk my horn and curse. It makes me feel good!
About 1/2 mile up the road she is stopped at a red light. When the light turns green, she starts up, phone still glued to her ear, and suddenly swerves way over to the right onto the shoulder, then back across two lanes and back again onto the right shoulder where she runs into a curb and stops. I am run off the road, luckily uninjured (no medical insurance). A traffic cop sees what has happened and pulls up behind her. She exits the SUV, the CELL PHONE STILL STUCK TO HER EAR yapping away!
The cop asked me about my condition as well as that of the other car run off the road. The woman is STILL yapping. When the cop goes back to her, she gets angry at him because he is interrupting! She looks OK, not wobbling or acting drunk, just arrogant. I left when the cop was calling on his radio.
My opinion? Cell phones and driving just don't mix. Feel free to use them if you want, but if caught in a situation such as this, go directly to jail and have your license revoked. Personal responsibility.
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Originally Posted by mwfanelli2
Many people cannot talk and drive at the same time. Heck, some people can't talk and chew gum at the same time. These people that exhibit this type of driving, should be given a very large ticket, for the first offence, and for the second offence, lose all cell phone privileges, period. I do accept calls on my phone while driving. But, my calls are always short and to the point. However, I do use a bluetooth headset, so I can have both hands on the wheel. Also, I can concentrate on my driving, while listening or talking. But, the ones that can't, shouldn't.
Seriously, some people have no problem with this. When my daughter used to live here and work in on the road sales, I'd ride along once in awhile to keep her company. She had her personal cell phone and her company phone, clipped to her visor. Some days, she was constantly juggling phones. However, she never made me nervous. She was able to handle it. Unfortunately, most people can't. Whenever I get behind someone driving 5 miles under the speed limit or slowing down and then speeding up, I just know they are on a phone. In MN, they are banned for anyone 16 and under, while driving. They generally have too many other distractions, besides inexperience. Around here, they have found it's the text messaging that is causing major problems.
