[Spridgets] Hang up and drive, Pt 4

[Neil Anderson]

If you didn't see it, I think most people need to see the forward that Ed
sent out late last week of the accident where a young kid crossed the
centerline while texting and hit a semi-tractor head on.  It was pretty
gruesome.  The whole front of the car was gone.  They had to put the kid
into two body bags, which the photos showed.  Quite an impression.

I think texting is the worst offense, but none of us are totally blameless
getting sometimes distracted while driving.  I rarely use the phone in the
car, but I sometimes eat while driving.  If it is not that, then it can
happen adjusting the radio or heater or something else that takes our eyes
off the road.  It only takes a couple seconds to get into trouble.

There has been talk of banning some of these distractions while driving, but
compliance is another thing.  How many people still get killed by not
wearing seat belts and how long have those laws been on the books?

Neil Anderson

-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Gregory Groiss
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:31 AM
To: Jeff Foster
Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Hang up and drive, Pt 4

I see people texting while driving with their knee and swerving all
over the highway every day. Best thing I ever saw while driving was a
guy playing a trumpet.  One had on the wheel and the other holding the
trumpet out in front of him.  If someone wasn't in the car with me as
a witness I don't think I would have believed it myself.



On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Jeff Foster <tr3.4.me at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Robert Evans <b-evans at earthlink.net>
wrote:
>> Oh, driving and yapping on a cell phone has been illegal in California
> since
>> January 1.  But does that matter to the anal orifices who don't believe
it
>> applies to them.
>
> Are you referring to this ???
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/15/national/main5385665.shtml
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