Things people do while driving
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Things people do while driving
Funny!
No one mentioned having their Pet(Dog) laying across them with its head
out the driver side window.
How about actually being TOO SHORT to see out the windshield, so coming up behind them it looks like there isn't a driver?
How about the vehicle loaded to the rafter's with junk so trying to see out is impossible?
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No one mentioned having their Pet(Dog) laying across them with its head
out the driver side window.
How about actually being TOO SHORT to see out the windshield, so coming up behind them it looks like there isn't a driver?
How about the vehicle loaded to the rafter's with junk so trying to see out is impossible?
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>How about actually being TOO SHORT to see out the
>windshield, so coming up behind them it looks like there
>isn't a driver?
LOL..... I see that all the time they have blue hair and drive WAY under the speed limit.
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I'd have to say the think that irks me the most to see people doing while driving is talking on their cell phone. Most people pay more attention to their conversation than the road. I work road construction and see many drivers jabbering away and going way too fast through my work zone. I don't feel very safe out there with these idiots on the roads. Next time you drive through a work zone, please slow down. I and all the other people that work on the roads appreciate it. If you MUST make a call, pull off the road and make it, I do. I eat and drink (soda and water only, no booze) while driving. If this a not a good thing to do, oh well. The dogs on the lap with their heads out the drivers window is a close second.
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Rob: You are right. I do pay close attention to the cars around me. Part of my plan for safe driving. These things are the obvious when you observe the vehicles around you. I can't gawk as well as I used to be able to, as I am older now. Besides, some of this stuff I don't really want to see anyway! 
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I confess to occasionally eating or drinking coffee and occasional glances at a map. Learned my lesson 20 years ago about studying on the road when I veered onto the shoulder where there was a large angle iron that gave me a blowout.
Recently a lady cut me off three times in a row as we approached a freeway on ramp. Each time she did not use her turn signal, but afterward would give me a "thank you" wave. When we passed her on the freeway we saw an 8.5 x 14 pad laying across her steering wheel.
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Recently a lady cut me off three times in a row as we approached a freeway on ramp. Each time she did not use her turn signal, but afterward would give me a "thank you" wave. When we passed her on the freeway we saw an 8.5 x 14 pad laying across her steering wheel.
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The Bob and Tom radio show has a song about blue hairs driving. I can't remember the name of the comedian who sang it. Try to find it to listen to the song. You might find it hilarious.
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The Reverend Billy C. Wirtz has a song about blue-hairs... Look out Look out, Grandma's behind the wheel.
Gotta love that Reverend Billy. Anyone else ever seen him???
Mark
Gotta love that Reverend Billy. Anyone else ever seen him???
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Yep that's it 
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I'll actually eat or sip on a soda while I'm driving as long as it's un-messy enough to leave next to me on the seat or in the cup holder while I drive. If it requires the constant watch of one of my hands to keep from being a mess, it ain't ridin' with me.
One of my pet peeves is people talking on the cell phone while driving, so whenever someone dialed mine I would keep the conversation short to the point of being rude. I would look at the screen and see 9 and 14 second phone calls. However, I almost didn't see a pair of sisters on a crosswalk during a cell call of only 12 seconds, and so at that moment I said NEVER AGAIN. I was only on for a handful of seconds, and I never really put those kids in danger, but it frightened me enough to make a statement about my own behavior. Since then, I haven't even answered the phone while driving.
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One of my pet peeves is people talking on the cell phone while driving, so whenever someone dialed mine I would keep the conversation short to the point of being rude. I would look at the screen and see 9 and 14 second phone calls. However, I almost didn't see a pair of sisters on a crosswalk during a cell call of only 12 seconds, and so at that moment I said NEVER AGAIN. I was only on for a handful of seconds, and I never really put those kids in danger, but it frightened me enough to make a statement about my own behavior. Since then, I haven't even answered the phone while driving.
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Things people do while driving
Anyone ever tried playing catch.
I tried that recently with a superball in my bus. It didn't work too well.
No one mentioned "singing with the radio" Don't be afraid to say it. more than half the people I see do it.
Read a map while driving.
playing with the radio.
I tried that recently with a superball in my bus. It didn't work too well.
No one mentioned "singing with the radio" Don't be afraid to say it. more than half the people I see do it.
Read a map while driving.
playing with the radio.
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I once was next to some guy on a main street. Between stop signs, he would shave his face with an electric razo in the mirror while driving.
As for me, I like to sing with the windows rolled up, so I don't subject anybody to my off key vocals. And occassionally, I will jabber on the cb with locals.
As for me, I like to sing with the windows rolled up, so I don't subject anybody to my off key vocals. And occassionally, I will jabber on the cb with locals.
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Things people do while driving
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 31-Aug-02 AT 04:55 AM (EST)] Recently saw a woman talking on the phone while backing out her parking stall in a busy mall parking lot. One hand on the wheel, mind in neutral, mouth in fifth, head swinging around trying to see what shes doing. I purposely walked extra slow, when I knew she saw me, just to make her day special.
How about: picking nose, drinking coffee, looking at finger and talking on the phone while doing 65 in rush hour!
One hand on the wheel, mind in neutral, mouth in fifth, head swinging around trying to see what shes doing. I purposely walked extra slow, when I knew she saw me, just to make her day special.How about: picking nose, drinking coffee, looking at finger and talking on the phone while doing 65 in rush hour!
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My favorite is the idiot weaving in and out of traffic with a cell phone glued to there ear. If You are that important then get a phone incorporated into your car so all you have to do is push the button and talk.
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