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Stop Sign Texting

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 02:38:36 GMT

You know who you are.

Sitting at a stop sign, sometimes with kids in the back seat and here we

are at a stop sign and you can't wait to grab your phone, check messages and text away, yes with 2 hands.

All I got to say is, kill yourself but not me.

What happens is the light turns green, you probably have someone beeping at you from behind and seriously you were so engrossed with that phone you have no idea who's around you, who's in front of you and where you are.

Please leave the phone in your handbag until you get home for the sake of you, your kids and me.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

spiderw — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:04:30 GMT

Rude, stupid, dangerous and creating an environment for a potential accident, this person is a driver without concern for others or herself. I hope she stops this situation before she harms someone. It is bad enough when driving alone but when children are in the car, it is beyond neglectful.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

bonnielu — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:08:22 GMT

I have seen worse than that. At least at the stop sign they are stopped. But on the road texting is downright dangerous. And I really doubt anyone will catch these people until an accident happens. Many of the cars have dark windows. I usually, however can spot them as they seem to slow down, drift over the line.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

GAQShopr53 — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:21:52 GMT

Georgia just made it against the law to text and drive...you can't even touch the phone while driving but I still see people like the ones you mentioned @Mistreatedbycs sitting at the stop signs and lights texting. I have even seen people still driving while texting. As of now the only penalty is a fine that increases with every offense but I don't see how the law is truly going to be enforced. People just don't care...and the sad part is lives are put in jeopardy when they disregard the law.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

Catty2 — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:49:12 GMT

It's like an addiction - a very dangerous one.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

janeec — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:50:20 GMT

My car was totalled 6 years ago because a teenager was texting and went through a red light, hit me, took off the front end of my minivan and spun me around into a utility pole, bounced off of me and hit another car. I was driving with my husband in the car. We were injured but could get out of the van by ourselves.

I agree 100% with you. If the phone is that important, pull over and turn off the car.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

Starpolisher — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:14:49 GMT

@bonnielu wrote:
I have seen worse than that. At least at the stop sign they are stopped. But on the road texting is downright dangerous. And I really doubt anyone will catch these people until an accident happens. Many of the cars have dark windows. I usually, however can spot them as they seem to slow down, drift over the line.

@bonnielu
Dh and I see this all the time on I-195 and I-295. We use both these roads to go to our son's house to babysit our granddaughter twice a week. It's exactly as you said. Going slow, drift over the line and sometimes dark windows. Terrible! I often wish I could stop them and tell them about a friend of our family whose daughter was killed while texting. She went off the side of a barricade down into a ditch. The car got caught on a tree. She was in a coma for a year with extensive injuries, never regained consciousness and eventually died. She was 22. Such a sad tragedy. Maybe more commercials should be made to educate/scare these people who text while driving. You know like the ones they make about smoking...scare the sh*t outta you!😱😲😢

Re: Stop Sign Texting

hckynut — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 07:14:35 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs

I don't even have my cell phone near me when driving. For me driving is a FULL TIME JOB on which 100% of my focus is on driving!

Re: Stop Sign Texting

happycat — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 09:51:25 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs wrote:
You know who you are.

Sitting at a stop sign, sometimes with kids in the back seat and here we
are at a stop sign and you can't wait to grab your phone, check messages and text away, yes with 2 hands.

All I got to say is, kill yourself but not me.

What happens is the light turns green, you probably have someone beeping at you from behind and seriously you were so engrossed with that phone you have no idea who's around you, who's in front of you and where you are.

Please leave the phone in your handbag until you get home for the sake of you, your kids and me.

I believe it's an obsession with some folks. A few years ago, I was taking my elderly parents to the doctor in a bigger city and we would go by interstate. My dad would point out a lot of folks who were texting and driving. And some of those times it was very busy.

Here in my little town, I have noticed more and more getting behind people at a red light, and the light will turn red, and we do NOT go, we sit for a bit till they look up and decide to go. Yes, I know we have horns to honk, but we've also had a few road rage incidents and it makes me leery. You don't know who is crazy, who is on meth, or just what.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

software — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:26:46 GMT

I can see my texts on my Navigation screen.

If it's something important, I pull over.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

151949 — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:09:58 GMT

It's not just the phone. My DH & I are fighting all the time because he is driving down the road fiddling with the radio or the GPS.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

CrazyDaisy — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:48:58 GMT

If they are stopped at a light, what harm is that doing?

Re: Stop Sign Texting

Qshopper1991 — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:53:50 GMT

@CrazyDaisy

You're kidding, right??

Re: Stop Sign Texting

CrazyDaisy — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:56:55 GMT

@Qshopper1991 wrote:
@CrazyDaisy

You're kidding, right??

No. How is checking your texts while at a dead stop waiting for it to change any different from changing radio stations, looking for something in your bag, giving snacks to your kids in the back seat. You are not doing anything but sitting there.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

Qshopper1991 — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:00:53 GMT

I was driving over the Walt Whitman bridge heading into Philadelphia at 5 AM the other day. I had a car in the lane to my left driving erratic. I already knew what that meant. The person was texting. She kept swerving into my lane. I blared the horn twice and she continued texting.

When I approached the toll booth, I told the Toll Attendant and pointed out the vehicle. The Toll Attendant quickly called the police. I watched the police chase her down and pull her over.

I never have my phone out while driving.. It's always in my purse. And anyone who thinks it's okay to sit at a red light or stop sign and text is a complete idiot. You can very easily get rear ended. Or if an emergency vehicle needs to use your lane, now you are too busy texting and not paying attention. It's just plain stupid to be doing anything like that in your car, unless you pull over.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

CrazyDaisy — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:10:32 GMT

@Qshopper1991 wrote:
I was driving over the Walt Whitman bridge heading into Philadelphia at 5 AM the other day. I had a car in the lane to my left driving erratic. I already knew what that meant. The person was texting. She kept swerving into my lane. I blared the horn twice and she continued texting.

When I approached the toll booth, I told the Toll Attendant and pointed out the vehicle. The Toll Attendant quickly called the police. I watched the police chase her down and pull her over.

I never have my phone out while driving.. It's always in my purse. And anyone who thinks it's okay to sit at a red light or stop sign and text is a complete idiot. You can very easily get rear ended. Or if an emergency vehicle needs to use your lane, now you are too busy texting and not paying attention. It's just plain stupid to be doing anything like that in your car, unless you pull over.

I can assure you that I am not a complete idiot. How are you to prevent being rear ended, you are at a complete stop already? Emergency vehicles pull around stopped cars in traffic. They also have sirenes and horns to get the attention of drivers in front of them. Again... what is the difference between checking texts and anything else a person may be doing while stopped at a red light.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

wingnut — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:20:13 GMT

@CrazyDaisy wrote:
If they are stopped at a light, what harm is that doing?

This happened here in FL 2 weeks ago. Someone stopped at a light texting. The light turned green, people behind him beeping so without looking to see if there was oncoming traffic, he made a left turn into the path of oncoming traffic hitting and killing a Deputy Sheriff. This is what harm it is doing.

Re: Stop Sign Texting

CrazyDaisy — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:26:39 GMT

@wingnut wrote:
@CrazyDaisy wrote:
If they are stopped at a light, what harm is that doing?
This happened here in FL 2 weeks ago. Someone stopped at a light texting. The light turned green, people behind him beeping so without looking to see if there was oncoming traffic, he made a left turn into the path of oncoming traffic hitting and killing a Deputy Sheriff. This is what harm it is doing.

Question being how is checking texts any different than any number of things other people do while sitting at a red light. That same scenario could have happened to some mother looking for a child's teddy bear or that cute couple kissing in front of me last night.

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Re: Stop Sign Texting

sidsmom — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:04:59 GMT

@CrazyDaisy wrote:

Question being how is checking texts any different than any number of things other people do while sitting at a red light. That same scenario could have happened to some mother looking for a child's teddy bear or that cute couple kissing in front of me last night.

@CrazyDaisy

It’s not.

But the law varies from state to state & it’s a ‘grey area’

that stipulates it as being illegal.

People are so hung up on the cell phone angle, they forget

many everyday things causes distracted driving, which are

just as, if not worse, than cell phone usage. Alcohol, legal drugs,

even that allergy medication, can be much more worse.

Distracted driving wears many different hats.