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Cell phones - need for regulation or discretion
Cell phones are very useful in today's society. We all have them, well,
my wife and daughter do. We probably have all seen the wobbly,lane crossing, red light running drivers on our roads. Cell phone drivers trying to punch in a phone number on those tiny number pads while driving 70 MPH down the freeway. BIKERS beware! Cyclist are the last thing these IGOTTACALLSOMEONE drivers are watching for, they can barely keep their vehicle in their own lane. Yeah, yeah, I know, you're not one of those swerving drivers, you can chew gum and drive just fine. PLEASE, if you drive and use a handy (euro), drive with care. I SUPPORT REGULATION FOR CELL PHONE USAGE ON THE ROAD. You should too! Dan Houston (let her rip) |
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:21:21 GMT, Dantana wrote:
Cell phones are very useful in today's society. We all have them, well, my wife and daughter do. We probably have all seen the wobbly,lane crossing, red light running drivers on our roads. Cell phone drivers trying to punch in a phone number on those tiny number pads while driving 70 MPH down the freeway. BIKERS beware! Cyclist are the last thing these IGOTTACALLSOMEONE drivers are watching for, they can barely keep their vehicle in their own lane. Yeah, yeah, I know, you're not one of those swerving drivers, you can chew gum and drive just fine. PLEASE, if you drive and use a handy (euro), drive with care. I SUPPORT REGULATION FOR CELL PHONE USAGE ON THE ROAD. You should too! Dan Houston (let her rip) Right there with you on this one. The last time I almost got creamed was one of my rare car driving trips to Wal-mart and a mother type almost got my car while talking on the phone, backing her mini-van out and yelling at two kids in the back seat. I was past her parking spot and waiting for someone in front of me so she almost clipped my rear right side. Lucky for me I had room to pull up a few more feet. I hope soon this will be outlawed in all areas, and enforced with vigor, just like speeding tickets. Just to be on topic, many of my close brushes with cars have been due to the cell phone usage, calls being more important than watching out for some insignificant biker. Bill Baka -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ |
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"Dantana" wrote in message ... Cell phones are very useful in today's society. We all have them, well, my wife and daughter do. We probably have all seen the wobbly,lane crossing, red light running drivers on our roads. Cell phone drivers trying to punch in a phone number on those tiny number pads while driving 70 MPH down the freeway. BIKERS beware! Cyclist are the last thing these IGOTTACALLSOMEONE drivers are watching for, they can barely keep their vehicle in their own lane. Yeah, yeah, I know, you're not one of those swerving drivers, you can chew gum and drive just fine. PLEASE, if you drive and use a handy (euro), drive with care. I SUPPORT REGULATION FOR CELL PHONE USAGE ON THE ROAD. You should too! Dan Houston (let her rip) Eighteen months ago I sustained a compression fracture of the spine, a broken hip, pelvis and ankle, plus a severe laceration of my lower left leg thanks to a teenage driver talking on a cell phone. I was passing through an intersection on a downhill stretch. She was flying up in the opposite direction and made a left turn (unsignaled) directly in front of me. I'm sure the first she saw of me was when I smashed into her windshield. Cell phone usage while driving is one topic for discussion. Teenage drivers in general are another. She had a couple of friends in the car with her and, from witness accounts, driving was about the last thing to which she was attending. Thankfully, mommy and daddy had good insurance and the deputy who arrived on the scene actually knew the law. Today I'm physically fine and financially better. But that's thanks to the Lord working in His mysterious ways. It's also thanks to cycling. The ER doc said if it weren't for my outstanding physical condition at the time of the accident, I'd have been dead. Oh ... by witness accounts, I glanced off the windshield and went 20 or more feet up into the air ... and landed on my head (hence the compression fracture of the spine). I really get a kick out of these idiots who argue statistics about how much or how little bike helmets help or don't help. I have absolutely no doubt mine saved my life that day. But near as I can tell, there weren't any statisticians around to record the event. Bob C. |
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Dantana wrote in news:Xns954155156FAB3dant@
24.93.43.121: Cell phones are very useful in today's society. We all have them, well, my wife and daughter do. We probably have all seen the wobbly,lane crossing, red light running drivers on our roads. Cell phone drivers trying to punch in a phone number on those tiny number pads while driving 70 MPH down the freeway. BIKERS beware! Cyclist are the last thing these IGOTTACALLSOMEONE drivers are watching for, they can barely keep their vehicle in their own lane. Yeah, yeah, I know, you're not one of those swerving drivers, you can chew gum and drive just fine. PLEASE, if you drive and use a handy (euro), drive with care. I SUPPORT REGULATION FOR CELL PHONE USAGE ON THE ROAD. You should too! Dan Houston (let her rip) Well, the good news is that more state and local laws are either in place, or on the way. Here's a good overview: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/esnr/ce...update1203.htm The bad news (for the total anti-cell phone zealots) is that every law currently in place, and most of the ones under consideration, have an exemption for hands-free devices. There aren't many drivers yet who are used to setting up voice recognition call lists, so they're still going to be fumbling around with their keypads even if they're wearing an earbud. But maybe this will get better over time as the technology improves, and more people get used to it. I think it's unlikely that we'll ever see a total ban on cell phone use in vehicles. Going hands-free is a good start. -- Mike Barrs |
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:01:35 -0000, foldedpath
wrote in message : The bad news (for the total anti-cell phone zealots) is that every law currently in place, and most of the ones under consideration, have an exemption for hands-free devices. Which is perverse since there is no detectable difference between hands-free and handheld - both are equivalent in their effect on driving of around 100mg blood alcohol, accordingt o the last study I saw. Of course we mustn't do anythign to upset the poor oppressed motorists, poor dears, since if they didn't kill so many people the state might have to pick up the tab for supporting more old folks. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University |
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"psycholist" wrote:
Oh ... by witness accounts, I glanced off the windshield and went 20 or more feet up into the air ... and landed on my head (hence the compression fracture of the spine). I really get a kick out of these idiots who argue statistics about how much or how little bike helmets help or don't help. I have absolutely no doubt mine saved my life that day. But near as I can tell, there weren't any statisticians around to record the event. When I was 16, I rolled my dad's car end-over-end, and was chucked out the side window. I hit my head hard enough to leave a laceration (requiring maybe a dozen stitches) and to inflict two compression fractures on my spine. No concussion, though, no skull fractures... and no helmet. Am I an idiot because a helmet _didn't_ save my life that day? Are _you_ an idiot for not wearing a helmet in the car, where most fatal head injuries occur? Would a helmet aficionado be an idiot to wear a lightweight peforated foam cap of no proven protective value, when there are plenty of proven helmets available for motorcycling and other high-speed sports? Just wondering. Chalo Colina |
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"Bill Baka" wrote in message news Right there with you on this one. The last time I almost got creamed was one of my rare car driving trips to Wal-mart and a mother type almost got my car while talking on the phone, backing her mini-van out and yelling at two kids in the back seat. You just hit on another sore spot. I was watching CNN yesterday, and there was a story about cell phones and hands free devices. One of the people they interviewed was a young mother. CNN put a camera in her car and taped her for a day. This woman routinely used a cell phone, taking her eyes off the road to dial. But the WORST was watching her deal with her toddler in the back seat. She kept reaching to the back seat to do stuff for the kid, even turning all the way around! Unreal. But of course she claimed to be an excellent driver. There's a reason some auto manufacturers don't put cupholders in their cars----you're supposed to be DRIVING, not talking on phones, eating, reading, feeding your kid, or whatever. And people laugh at me for wearing a BMX helmet. LOL |
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Just wondering. Chalo Colina No, you're trying to start a flame war by changing the subject. Stick to the man's subject: don't go off on a tangent. Pat in TX |
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"Chalo" wrote in message om... "psycholist" wrote: Oh ... by witness accounts, I glanced off the windshield and went 20 or more feet up into the air ... and landed on my head (hence the compression fracture of the spine). I really get a kick out of these idiots who argue statistics about how much or how little bike helmets help or don't help. I have absolutely no doubt mine saved my life that day. But near as I can tell, there weren't any statisticians around to record the event. When I was 16, I rolled my dad's car end-over-end, and was chucked out the side window. I hit my head hard enough to leave a laceration (requiring maybe a dozen stitches) and to inflict two compression fractures on my spine. No concussion, though, no skull fractures... and no helmet. Am I an idiot because a helmet _didn't_ save my life that day? Are _you_ an idiot for not wearing a helmet in the car, where most fatal head injuries occur? Would a helmet aficionado be an idiot to wear a lightweight peforated foam cap of no proven protective value, when there are plenty of proven helmets available for motorcycling and other high-speed sports? Just wondering. Chalo Colina Somewhere in there it seems to me you answered your own question. You remind me of the guy we called Weird Harold in high school. He liked to show the scar where he shot himself in the head with a .22 rifle when he was a kid. Then he'd say in his drooling lisp, "it never affected me a bit." Bob C. |
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"psycholist" wrote in message ... "Dantana" wrote in message ... Cell phone drivers trying to punch in a phone number on those tiny number pads while driving 70 MPH down the freeway. BIKERS beware! Cyclist are the last thing these IGOTTACALLSOMEONE drivers are watching for, they can barely keep their vehicle in their own lane. Q: What is the best way to respond to a troll? Oh ... by witness accounts, I glanced off the windshield and went 20 or more feet up into the air ... and landed on my head (hence the compression fracture of the spine). I really get a kick out of these idiots who argue statistics about how much or how little bike helmets help or don't help. I have absolutely no doubt mine saved my life that day. But near as I can tell, there weren't any statisticians around to record the event. A: With another troll. |
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