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Emergency cell phone ban!!!!!!!!

21,793 3,419 December 13, 2011 at 09:44 AM in News (3) USA TODAY
NTSB has called for a emgergency cell phone ban in cars everywhee. No use at all. I applaud this call. There are so many idiots on the road who can't drive and talk at the same time. The worst are the textings. What we need is the cops to actually enforce the law. These things are already illegal in CA but people still do it all the time.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nati...51874966/1
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travfar
12-13-2011 at 12:20 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:20 PM.
Quote from IVIal :
Ummm, the "under 18" is a hell of a qualifier. What percentage of drivers are under the age of 18 in California?

I'd be surprised if it were more than 10 or 15%.
Umm.... that's still covers a lot of people for something that "would never happen".
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Maleficent
12-13-2011 at 12:20 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:20 PM.
Quote from Frogstar :
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... you can't just come in here and not take a side. There's no room for being reasonable. Pick a side and declare the other side the debbil!
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12-13-2011 at 12:20 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:20 PM.
Quote from IVIal :
I missed that you were making fun of her typo. laugh out loud
its ok, i know its been a hard day in the kitchen Roll
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infesttragedy
12-13-2011 at 12:21 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:21 PM.
Quote from IPT :
i hope i don't shame the same stretch of roadway as you too.
Imagine all the shame that'll go on, it'll make the roadway all shameful and just disappear.
Yeah yeah yeah, I meant share laugh out loud
Quote from Frogstar :
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... you can't just come in here and not take a side. There's no room for being reasonable. Pick a side and declare the other side the debbil!
I know, I know. I should just go with the majority and rip the OP apart Big Grin
Quote from IPT :
for you Mal, i will requote the original post and bold what i'm talking about.


Now my response, again bolding the important parts im focusing on:
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Landers
12-13-2011 at 12:21 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:21 PM.
Quote from IVIal :
She has a point. Come on, he said he texts while he's driving! Facepalm That's just freakin' stupid. Have you seen people do that? They take their eyes off the road in front of them, and look down at their phone and type.

Can you not understand why that's hazardous? You do realize that when you're driving a car, you have a potential to injure or kill other people besides yourself, right?
Yup, I do. But I also don't stare at my phone when I text. I can text without looking at the keyboard. A quick glance is all I need to make sure I've entered the correct text. It's not different than picking up your phone when you receive a call.

I also accept the risks. And I have never had an accident since I was novice driver at 17 and that was due to inexperience in poor weather.
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12-13-2011 at 12:21 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:21 PM.
Quote from travfar :
It will never happen like the existing laws are "secondary" and not "primary"? Hmm.... right.

As I've said before many times, 30+ states are already most of the way there. For something that will never happen, most of it already has.
I hope you post more often. High Five

We needed some fresh meat in here.
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12-13-2011 at 12:21 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:21 PM.
Quote from vec :
In your strange little mind you may think this...but in the real world where this ban will do more harm than good, it will never happen.
It "will never happen"? Tell that to the people that it's already happened to in California.
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Kolto
12-13-2011 at 12:21 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:21 PM.
Quote from Frogstar :
It's cute how you keep repeating that like he's ever going to agree Prop

You just watch yourself, mister Mad
its like the tebow thread, its entertainment for me at work during a slow day
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Landers
12-13-2011 at 12:22 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:22 PM.
Quote from travfar :
Umm.... that's still covers a lot of people for something that "would never happen".
Huge difference between a novice driver and someone who has been driving for more than just 2 years.
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Kolto
12-13-2011 at 12:22 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:22 PM.
Quote from infesttragedy :
Yeah yeah yeah, I meant share laugh out loud

I know, I know. I should just go with the majority and rip the OP apart Big Grin

SHARE LMAO
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and to be fair, for landers im pretty damn sure he's being sarcastic about doing it blatantly and often. just to annoy OP, i said the same thing previously too.
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Maleficent
12-13-2011 at 12:23 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:23 PM.
Quote from travfar :
Umm.... that's still covers a lot of people for something that "would never happen".
It's only for new drivers, and it's to make them safer because an adult with driving experience doesn't need that restriction.


Again, how many drivers in California are under age 18? It's a MINORITY! It's not applied to everyone! Can you not understand the difference?
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chevvy
12-13-2011 at 12:23 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:23 PM.
I think we should ban Tim Tebow from driving his cell phone.

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Kolto
12-13-2011 at 12:24 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:24 PM.
Quote from chewspam :
I think we should ban Tim Tebow from driving his cell phone.

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so he can play hide the sausage instead while driving

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12-13-2011 at 12:25 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:25 PM.
Quote from Landers :
Huge difference between a novice driver and someone who has been driving for more than just 2 years.
But I kept hearing it "would never happen". Some of us don't know what "never" means.
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vec
12-13-2011 at 12:25 PM.
12-13-2011 at 12:25 PM.
Quote from travfar :
It "will never happen"? Tell that to the people that it's already happened to in California.
You mean all the nobodys that were affected? LMAO

As difficult as this may seem, your arguments get more lame during each attempt.
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