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JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:29 PM Original message |
"Get Off Your Cell Phone And Drive!!!!" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm always yelling at people who yell at cell phone drivers. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. You crazy! |
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tandem5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
50. wow, no, that's so strange because I actually am always... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have never appreciated hearing the hostile demand, |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Actually, it's probably more likely to mask... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. One of those nearly caused a three car crash with me included recently |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. It definitely is, as several studies, here and abroad, have shown. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. The same happened here. |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Or the unfathomable irritation at being cut off and nearly killed |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I think it's more like being in fear of the idiot that doesn't know how |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. True |
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JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And their normal nosiness |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The hosility toward people who use cell phones in public, in general, |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. I don't think that being irritated... |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. So if I'm against people having sex while they're driving |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Um... it means you're a prude, sorry to tell you. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ha! I knew it! |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. from my own observations,7 out of 10 drivers on San Diego freeways... |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Well, there it is! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. That's nothing. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's very dangerous to talk on the phone and drive |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. california just passed a new law on Jan. 1 |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Law takes effect on July 1 2008 - and it's against handheld devices only |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Personally I think the bigger issue is the attention span of the driver |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. I drive more than 2mph below the speed limit talking on the phone or not |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thanks for impeding traffic. (eom) |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I drive at or slightly above the minimum speed limit |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Screw that, 55 is just too slow on open roads and highways |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
51. You must have had the TV on... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. No, sometimes I use my laptop in the car, but no TV |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Grrrrrr! People who talk on cell phones while driving make me nuts! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. I hear ya! I get a serious case of road rage when I encounter these idiots. |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think it should be legal to shoot people in the head |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. what's yr position on gun control? |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Don't worry, I don't have a gun! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #38 |
49. use two hands, and aim carefully. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. The last time I yelled that, I forgot my window was open |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. I started commuting on a scooter this summer and I realized ... |
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JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Sure you should |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. Please dont be upset at me, even I use my cellphone while driving... |
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horsewithnoname (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. It always seems to be the people in giant SUV's |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Which I call BS on because I see people in all types of vehicles on the phone |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. hardly. |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. "Every democrat I have ever seen driving and talking on a phone has been using a hands free device" |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Awww...the troll is gone already. That was pretty fast! |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. 2 mph under? Try 15 mph under |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. It doesn't bother me that they're slower, it's that they're dangerous. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
32. A-flipping-MEN!! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-02-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. What really amazes me is the ones who hold the phone in one hand and gesticulate with the other |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Amen. Bizarre as hell ... stupid, stupid, stupid people. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
47. I will add... yaking on your phone makes you dangerous on the road |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
48. I just set the cruise control and drive with my knees. |
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