Distractions come in many many forms....just look around you in your daily life, study different peoples actions when you out and about town, etc.....see any weird stuff, now add in every person who goes to a club or bar, restaurant drinking all night, or maybe a innocent bottle of wine at dinner.....of course you do.....now put them behind a wheel...cell phones is a very small part of distractions while driving....its a crap shoot every time you drive your vehicle...dont worry about yourself .....worry about what the OTHER GUY IS DOING......be a defensive driver!

Well, my daughter asked for me to be her facebook friend and now I have my own facebook page, but I don't know what to do with it. They even gave me the wrong name. Anyone wanna be my friend?

Glenn

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Actually, Donny, the AAA has estimated that operating a car while using a cell phone, and even MORE, while texting, is the EXACT equivalent of being legally drunk. So, don't just worry about the other guy... Worry about yourself if you take that call en route.

I know innumerable drunk drivers that excuse themselves by going 'It's the OTHER guy you have to worry about". But we all know better, don't we...?

I'm afraid this sounds very much like an apologia from someone that does 'take the call' in his car. But somehow, it's the OTHER drivers we should worry about. Not every drunk driver has an accident every time they drink, either. But we don't accept the 'It's the other guy who's really dangerous' as their excuse, and we shouldn't from the cellphone user or texter, either.

Perhaps we should... and with your line of thinking, we should not be holding a conversation with a passenger either (and I HAVE seen some violent conversations in a vehicle that HAD to be a distraction to the driver!!!) BUT I can LISTEN to a radio, or LISTEN to a CD, or LISTEN to the GPS while still maintaining attention to driving ... can you do that while DIALING a cell phone, or TEXTING a message? ... yes, they are all there to be used, but at the proper time ...
t.

Too late now cell phones are here to stay ....no cell laws has become a big cash cow for municipalities bottom line...more laws>more tickets>more money simple.
We're doomed.

We are doomed by those who think they can dial a cell phone or text a friend while doing 15 - 20 miles per hour over the speed limit ... I say the fines aren't enough ... take away the phone AND their driver's license ...

t.

Amazing. 15 responses...and nobody has answered the question.

C'est la Vie
Eddie

They might as well close every bar in America also because there ain't enough jails to hold all the people who drink and drive every day of the week also there isn't enough law enforcement either.....it's a no win situation driving & phones, drinking, drugs, etc, ........protect yourself.

Eddie,
TWITTER no
TEXT no
IM (ICQ, AIM, MS-MESSENGER, ETC.)? no
DO CHATROOMS? no
SKYPE (AUDIO & VIDEO)? yes grandkid in NM
SKYPE (AUDIO ONLY)? no
FACEBOOK? yes
MY SPACE? no
YOU TUBE (UPLOAD)? no
BLOG? no
EBAY? (BUY OR SELL) Have in past
CRAIG'S LIST? (BUY OR SELL) bought recently
TALK TO YOUR SPOUSE? not if I can help it.

WHAT ELSE? waste time on this forum

There you go my friend an answer!

Tom

Donny....I can't believe someone of your intelligence actually said that!