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Driving while on cellphones!

Shorty2U — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 07:38:42 GMT

Earlier this evening my husband and I were driving along. We came to an intersection. We did not have a stop sign. The people coming the other way did.

As we were going through the intersection, some woman came barreling through the stop sign towards us! My husband very quickly turned the opposite way and slammed on the breaks and just missed the curb. My heart was pounding and I was swearing (as my husband said like a NYC cabbie!). Of course the woman kept going.

I don't swear normally but I was mad because as plain as day I saw the woman's face (she looked to be in her 30s), and I could see her hand holding a cellphone to her ear! I could also see what looked to be children in the back seat. She was not paying attention because she was blabbing on the phone.

I am so fed up with people on phones everywhere! Especially while driving!

To add- when we first got our car (the one we were driving today) some idiot hit us in a parking lot while we were sitting in our car eating ice cream and that person (a young man) was also on his cellphone!

Thank GOD we were not hurt in either incident. (In the incident with the guy I stayed in the car while my husband exchanged info and talked to the cop, because I knew I would have yelled and flipped out on that guy for being on a cellphone).

Please, if anyone on here is talking while driving, use a headset (if you don't have a newer car in that the phone hooks up to the speaker system).

Re: Driving while on cellphones!

Snowpuppy — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:07:24 GMT

Let's give credit to the seniors out there on their phones.

I was driving down a 5 lane highway and a little white haired woman with her female companion sped by me in her tiny Honda. She was so little she could barely see over the steering wheel as she whizzed by me and I have a lead foot and a big SUV!

Gabbing on her phone she flew thru not one but two red traffic lights.

Musta been late for the canasta tournament.

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Shorty2U — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:34:09 GMT

Oh yes its all ages, not just limited to youth or middle age. I see people driving while on cellphones every time we go out.

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sylviahomeatlast — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:57:52 GMT

I think it's illegal here

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bikerbabe — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:24:12 GMT

It's illegal here.

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gardenman — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:28:06 GMT

It's illegal here but you see it happening all of the time anyway. Just passing a law doesn't stop misbehavior. People assume they won't have an accident or get caught, so they chatter/text away. I honestly think some people are addicted to their phones.

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Vivian — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:45:50 GMT

Yesterday my mother told me that her health aide answered her cell phone while driving my mother to the doctor. I hit the ceiling. Mom said the aide told her caller she couldn't talk and hung up immediatey but I said "Not good enough!" I told my mother to make it very clear that there would be absolutely no talking, answering, or looking at the phone while driving and that if it happens again I will speak to the aide. What is wrong with people?

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CouponQueen — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:28:04 GMT

It is pretty much illegal I thought everywhere but people do it..I have seen cops included.

The OP has issues against cell phones anyway..Her and hubby are always bashing cell phones/users lol.

While she was totally wrong driving and talkin..I give her props for taking the step up to technology.

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Mominohio — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:38:28 GMT

I wish these things were programmed to deactivate and just take a message when the car is moving. I have heard there is an app to do so, but you can shut an app off, or never download it. It would be better if it was programmed in the phone directly. I guess it senses speed or something, at least that is what I thought I heard.

I'd like to see some statistics about accidents, death rates, and the use of electronic equipment in cars. I wonder if they are out there, and just what they would say about how this 'new' phenomenon is affecting our safety on the roads.

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151949 — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:59:08 GMT

When we are in the car our phones automatically come through the car's onstar. So it is totally hands free and no different than having a conversation with someone in the car.

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151949 — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:59:15 GMT

When we are in the car our phones automatically come through the car's onstar. So it is totally hands free and no different than having a conversation with someone in the car.

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brii — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:08:54 GMT

It's illegal here. I don't really talk on my cell in the car anyway. I have my phone set up through the Bluetooth.

I think the GPS is just as distracting as a phone anyway.

The OP has serious cell phone issues.

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TaxyLady — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:15:41 GMT

I see people talking on cell phones all the time when driving. I think it is the cause of many accidents today. Even with the laws, people are doing it. There is not enough police to enforce the laws. Nor does the public want to pay numerous police to enforce this law. The public complains every time they receive their tax bill.

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mstyrion 1 — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:39:45 GMT

Cell phones are not the downfall of civilization.

We see a lot of threads here dedicated to the "evil cell phone". As with all technology, they should be used with common sense. I do feel they should not be used in the car unless there is Bluetooth hands-free capability and then used responsibly. If you cannot talk and drive at the same time, just don't.

It is not a youth-only issue. In fact, the people I see most on cells while driving are middle aged to seniors.

Cell phones are a wonderful invention and like personal computers, I never ever want to be without one, but you must use your common sense.

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Cakers1 — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:46:30 GMT

On 2/6/2015 CouponQueen said:
While she was totally wrong driving and talkin..I give her props for taking the step up to technology.

"Props" would be given for a person stepping up responsibly to technology, period.

Obviously that driver may have stepped up to technology but didn't know how to use it properly.

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Suziepeach — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:00:30 GMT

It's illegal in Georgia to text while driving, even checking your phone at a light is illegal- prime example and this was filmed..... lady sat thru 3 turning lights while a Fulton county motorcycle policeman stood outside her window watching- she didn't pay him any attention... finally she looked at him, rolled the window down and said, "What?" He proceeded to tell her what and she said, "I was just checking email." He said that's illegal... she was given a nice ticket and sent on her way....

Husband has his phone set up thru his car, hands free- I've got OnStar in my truck and rarely use it but when we had our wreck it was well worth the money. I don't get why so many have to be on those darn phones all the time. Nothing is that important- if it is, pull over and talk or text. People just become unaware of their surroundings when on that phone..

and earbuds, don't get me started on people driving with those in their ears- they are listening to music- pay no attention the the siren behind you stupid!!! Move Over@!!!!!

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Mominohio — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:30:49 GMT

On 2/6/2015 mstyrion 1 said:
Cell phones are not the downfall of civilization.

We see a lot of threads here dedicated to the "evil cell phone". As with all technology, they should be used with common sense. I do feel they should not be used in the car unless there is Bluetooth hands-free capability and then used responsibly. If you cannot talk and drive at the same time, just don't.

It is not a youth-only issue. In fact, the people I see most on cells while driving are middle aged to seniors.

Cell phones are a wonderful invention and like personal computers, I never ever want to be without one, but you must use your common sense.

Your first sentence is absolutely true. It is weak and mindless people who can't live a day (or an hour or a minute for some) without them that are the problem. I have no problem with the technology either. I do have a problem with people's dependence on it.

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mstyrion 1 — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:43:22 GMT

On 2/6/2015 mominohio said:
On 2/6/2015 mstyrion 1 said:
<em>Cell phones are not the downfall of civilization.</em>

We see a lot of threads here dedicated to the "evil cell phone". As with all technology, they should be used with common sense. I do feel they should not be used in the car unless there is Bluetooth hands-free capability and then used responsibly. If you cannot talk and drive at the same time, just don't.

It is not a youth-only issue. In fact, the people I see most on cells while driving are middle aged to seniors.

Cell phones are a wonderful invention and like personal computers, I never ever want to be without one, but you must use your common sense.

Your first sentence is absolutely true. It is weak and mindless people who can't live a day (or an hour or a minute for some) without them that are the problem. I have no problem with the technology either. I do have a problem with people's dependence on it.

For some, a cell phone is the only phone. So, yeah. I have my phone on and available all day. Don't you have your land line turned on all day? I ddidn't talk all day on my land line and I don't on my cell.

Keep in mind that a lot of people do depend on cells all day and every minute. Realtors and doctors and IT people come to mind as people who need to be available all the time. They've always been dependent on phones and whether it's tethered to a wire or not, they always will.

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Lipstickdiva — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:03:56 GMT

My phone is set up through bluetooth in my own vehicle. However, I cannot get my phone to sync with bluetooth in DH's car. So when it rings when I'm driving his car, I just let it go. In my car, I can press the button on my steering wheel, answer the phone and talk.

My DH works for the city and they are not allowed to talk on their cellphones while driving. They have to pull over to take a call. However, there is always a big rift between city employees and cops because cops are always seen driving around talking on the cell phones.

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ROMARY — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:14:15 GMT

Oh, don't get me started............around here it's texting while driving. Walking while texting. Huge amounts of people always looking down. At least, if and when they are on the phone, they are looking up, half-way paying attention to traffic; but, while texting they are always looking DOWN. We were almost hit head-on by a looking down texting mom, driving on the opposite (our side) side of the street. Thank goodness for the simple invention of horns.