iceman1575 Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 "as soon as she stopped replying" Does that mean you were the one texting her? No, I was in the car with my friend waiting for her friend to show up so they could see each other, and she was telling her friend to call instead of text, but she wasn't listening... funny thing is, the states where it is illegal, accidents have gone up. because its harder to drive while you are hiding your phone in your lap while you text. you believe that shit? You can believe anything in Kentucky. Wow.. Glad she is alive. I used to text and drive all the time and now I've limited it to texting while i'm at a red light not moving whatsoever. I had one close call last year when I went to glance down at a text (while hiding it of course since the laws passed to make it illegal. And I was nearly t-boned by a guy who ran a red light but I was too busy looking at my texts as I was going down the road. The front of his car missed mine by i'd say 5 feet. I was going 45 he was going probably about 55 60 trying to beat the red light (which he missed by a good 2 seconds. Would have been disgusting. Don't text and drive. And on that note - technology catch the F up! Where's the perfect text to speech and speech to text encoders? I wouldn't use it. I've seen what the YT Captions does to some videos...I'm scared to see what text would come out... Quote POTATO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hershy314 Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Forget texting, just cell phones & driving period should be banned (MAYBE if your hands free).....but when driving, stick to the business of DRIVING. I know people around here drive like they are texting all the time, yet 95% of them are just driving. I don't text and drive myself but I have used my phone for calls while driving. If I do get a text I'll wait till I'm where I'm going or if its important I'll pull over and reply. Hope this is a wake up call to those who text and drive. Ya may not be as lucky as this girl was. Quote http://athphotography.deviantart.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/hershy314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman1575 Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Forget texting, just cell phones & driving period should be banned (MAYBE if your hands free).....but when driving, stick to the business of DRIVING. I know people around here drive like they are texting all the time, yet 95% of them are just driving. I don't text and drive myself but I have used my phone for calls while driving. If I do get a text I'll wait till I'm where I'm going or if its important I'll pull over and reply. Hope this is a wake up call to those who text and drive. Ya may not be as lucky as this girl was. You can't fix stupid (legally). Definitely a wake up call for me. I was surprised big time. Quote POTATO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitacy Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 The gov is supposed to come put with this thing that if you're in a moving car and goto text it makes you enter in this coded response with numbers and all, it all has to be entered within a short period of time also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercharged DCs Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 How would they enforce that? Would you need to keep both hands on the wheel at all times? Would they issue special phones that are able to identify when your driving to everyone in the United States? I don't see that working out. Quote Bassless once again. Can't seem to keep a system for more than a few weeks Saving for a '06 Nissan 350z, look for build around June 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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