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In reply to the discussion: FFS! Stop texting and driving! [View all]n2doc
(47,953 posts)142. There was a guy in Florida busted for using a Jammer in his car
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It's OK if you're in the fast lane and keep 23 car lengths back from the car ahead.
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#2
In my experience, keeping 23 car lengths between you & the car in front of you...
Orrex
Aug 2014
#46
I used to see truckers with newspapers open on the steering wheel from Fort Collins to Cheyenne, WY
hlthe2b
Aug 2014
#56
I saw a guy reading a magazine on top of the steering wheel cruising along
LiberalElite
Aug 2014
#88
Florida Turnpike in one of the fast lines... idiot gets call, slows to 55 ... WTF
JCMach1
Aug 2014
#4
My point is the red is long enough to do that and still not have the light change.
jeff47
Aug 2014
#147
My daughter and I saw someone doing 65mph+ on the highway while looking down, texting away.
Nye Bevan
Aug 2014
#15
I could really use an app like that. I listen to lots of music and podcasts in the car. I'll try
Stardust
Aug 2014
#126
Yes, I take my life in my hands 4 times a day driving across an university
sinkingfeeling
Aug 2014
#28
I tuck my leg up when driving automatic cars, because otherwise my leg is looking for the clutch.
bettyellen
Aug 2014
#148
Huge Rec from a bicyclist! While I was commuting in a progressive small city last year I would pass
adirondacker
Aug 2014
#34
I've gotten to the point where I can recognize texting or phone use by the movement of the vehicle.
L0oniX
Aug 2014
#35
The police in my state did a sting, about a year or so ago, on people talking/texting while driving.
love_katz
Aug 2014
#103
Actually, I think most Americans would take this driving/racing show in the wrong spirit.
love_katz
Aug 2014
#150
I've seen enough of em pass me on the left while on the phone and then swing right across 3 lanes...
L0oniX
Aug 2014
#61
southbound from LA I saw a woman. practicing the trumpet. looking down at the sheet music on her
MisterP
Aug 2014
#50
A woman in my group was not so lucky, she was hit from behind waiting at red light, horrific, 6
AuntPatsy
Aug 2014
#55
Ha, I am driving now as I type this--AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH--OMG what have I done?
Vattel
Aug 2014
#57
Lol! It is a serious and dangerous problem though. I work in the busiest part of DC-
Glimmer of Hope
Aug 2014
#134
Actually surveys show that 3 in 10 text while they drive and 1 in 2 talk on the phone.
Glassunion
Aug 2014
#90
Agreed. If you text at a stop light or stop sign, that could lead to road rage.
C Moon
Aug 2014
#130
This was in a college town, so I'm guessing students, at least that age group for
madmom
Aug 2014
#158