Do you talk, text, and drive?
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Do you talk, text, and drive?
I was pulling into In & Out this morning, and had to gently work my way past Gilbert FD & PD. They had a guy on the sidewalk strapped to a body board, waiting for an ambulance. The only car I saw was a Mercedes SUV, and I really didn't see too much damage on it.
Recently, the music teacher at my wife's school was seriously injured and helicoptered to the hospital due to a serious car wreck.
With all of my travels, I see people EVERYWHERE talking and texting while they drive. I am 100% guilty of that myself, and am really starting to question how smart that is. I tell myself that I am focusing on the road, and try my hardest to actually do that, but hell nothing is so important that it can't wait 10 minutes. If it is, I could always pull over.
I cannot text & drive with my new phone; it'd take two hands, and I know that is 110% stupid. So ... do you talk, text, and drive?
Recently, the music teacher at my wife's school was seriously injured and helicoptered to the hospital due to a serious car wreck.
With all of my travels, I see people EVERYWHERE talking and texting while they drive. I am 100% guilty of that myself, and am really starting to question how smart that is. I tell myself that I am focusing on the road, and try my hardest to actually do that, but hell nothing is so important that it can't wait 10 minutes. If it is, I could always pull over.
I cannot text & drive with my new phone; it'd take two hands, and I know that is 110% stupid. So ... do you talk, text, and drive?
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talk and drive yes, have I almost totaled my truck doing it ? Yes!
text? NO not even sitting at home I don't text. I just don't get using 9 keys to type word composed of an alphabet wit 26 letters, I just don't get it! it is a telephone just call them!
text? NO not even sitting at home I don't text. I just don't get using 9 keys to type word composed of an alphabet wit 26 letters, I just don't get it! it is a telephone just call them!
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.........I dont even own a cellphone.
And as a Rider, Ive lost count of how how many times Ive been cut off or damn near run over by inconsiderate yay-Hoos yakking on the phone or texting. Use to be bad enough when it was ladies putting on make-up or people reading the newspaper on the morning commute...now its just freaking ridiculous.
And as a Rider, Ive lost count of how how many times Ive been cut off or damn near run over by inconsiderate yay-Hoos yakking on the phone or texting. Use to be bad enough when it was ladies putting on make-up or people reading the newspaper on the morning commute...now its just freaking ridiculous.
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The drivers here are worse than California.
HANG UP AND DRIVE!!!!!
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try the link, I don't think I have to log in to this site.
Texting ban while driving CMVs officially appears in Federal Register - T_news2869 - News - J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Texting ban while driving CMVs officially appears in Federal Register - T_news2869 - News - J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
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The link yields an internal server error. Not sure why.
8 years ago I swore I'd never text. I have come to use it quite a bit because there are a lot of times I don't have the time to talk, or just need one question answered, and (for me) texting is easier.
I need to buy a hands-free device for my wife's car. I know she'll never give up talking & driving, so making it a tad bit safer can't hurt.
8 years ago I swore I'd never text. I have come to use it quite a bit because there are a lot of times I don't have the time to talk, or just need one question answered, and (for me) texting is easier.
I need to buy a hands-free device for my wife's car. I know she'll never give up talking & driving, so making it a tad bit safer can't hurt.
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I used to have bluetooth set up on my old cell phone... but now i have a new phone and its not set up yet. Yes, I'm guilty of talking while driving but i never text, not even sitting on the couch.
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From: Chino Valley, Arizona
my son just put a blue tooth enables stereo in his truck, when you get a call it shuts off the radio and the phone talks through the stereo, it even has a built in mic. when the call is ended the stereo goes back to normal. I am considering this for both of my trucks as I am on the phone constantly. my current phone has 166 hours of call time! dang I get a lot of calls!
