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apples and oranges

(1,451 posts) Fri Jun 1, 2012, 11:36 PM Jun 2012

Tragic Irony: Teen Dies While Texting The Dangers of Texting and Driving

Taylor Sauer, a college student driving home on a lonely road, was texting with a friend via Facebook when her car crashed into a tanker truck at 80 miles per hour, killing her instantly. The tragic irony of the situation was revealed in her phone records shortly after: At the time of the accident, she had been texting about the dangers of texting and driving.

Her last message, sent moments before the crash on Jan. 14, said, "I can't discuss this now. Driving and facebooking is not safe! Haha."

According to the phone records, Sauer, 18, was posting on Facebook about every 90 seconds.

http://autos.aol.com/article/teen-dies-while-texting-the-dangers-of-texting/?ncid=txtlnkusauto00000020

Unbelievable.

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Tragic Irony: Teen Dies While Texting The Dangers of Texting and Driving (Original Post) apples and oranges Jun 2012 OP

Words fail me and I hope her family copes. This is rough. virgogal Jun 2012 #1

Please ... MrMickeysMom Jun 2012 #2

Punditry kills Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #3

some moran almost walked into me on the sidewalk ManyShadesOf Jun 2012 #4

Ironical? Perhaps. chollybocker Jun 2012 #5

Have some class, come on. bayareamike Jun 2012 #6

Not irony. Not tragedy. Melodrama. WriteWrong Jun 2012 #7

darwin is back. pansypoo53219 Jun 2012 #8

virgogal

(10,178 posts)

1. Words fail me and I hope her family copes. This is rough.

Reply to apples and oranges (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 11:39 PM

Jun 2012

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)

2. Please ...

Reply to apples and oranges (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 11:43 PM

Jun 2012

This keeps happening again and again...

STOP!

Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)

3. Punditry kills

Reply to apples and oranges (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 11:44 PM

Jun 2012

ManyShadesOf

(639 posts)

4. some moran almost walked into me on the sidewalk

Reply to apples and oranges (Original post)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 12:02 AM

Jun 2012

as if he didn't have to look where he's going.

What's the polite way to say DON'T RUN INTO ME?

Put a "please" in front?

Narcissistic, brain addled idiots.

Driving 80 and not aware of the tanker? Yikes

chollybocker

(3,687 posts)

5. Ironical? Perhaps.

Reply to apples and oranges (Original post)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 12:13 AM

Jun 2012

Darwin Award? Slam dunk.

bayareamike

(602 posts)

6. Have some class, come on.

Reply to chollybocker (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 01:49 AM

Jun 2012

Nothing classier than making snarky comments about tragic deaths.

You're probably not a parent, huh?

WriteWrong

(85 posts)

7. Not irony. Not tragedy. Melodrama.

Reply to apples and oranges (Original post)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 03:03 AM

Jun 2012

It's an object lesson in walking your talk.

Every ninety seconds. 80mph. Darwin award. No doubt about it. Too bad for the parents, but they had 18 years to fix it and didn't.

pansypoo53219

(23,168 posts)

8. darwin is back.

Reply to apples and oranges (Original post)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 03:32 AM

Jun 2012

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