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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:21 PM Original message |
Hands-Free More Dangerous Than Disclosed |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. One of the facts that people choose to overlook |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. So I drive entirely different than anyone else? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. What? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. omg! we're cousins! |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. As opposed to talking to the kids in the back seat? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. Passengers can see road conditions. They tend to shut up when you're doing something difficult, |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why would the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration keep |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. ..dupe. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Duh! |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Depends on how you're wired... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Let's face it- it's not talking or driving, it's those people. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Now THAT I can see... |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. NO SUCH THING!!! |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't see why hands-free would be any more distracting |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. The passinger is in the same vehicle and can see what you the driver sees. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. People keep saying that and it keeps being true |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I'm afraid that what will happen is that they ban ALL "distractions". |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. They can't... |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yep, time to build those "automatic" cars that drive themselves. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I used to love the idea of flying cars |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Ooo. Good point. Not a pleasant scenario. nt |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Ok, I can see that. Although it's more true of some passengers |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. One day, |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. it isnt the phone ... its "Talking" that kills, i'm sure talking kills more than guns in the home. |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. I saw a test recently |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. My Gawd, then we'd best get rid of all those fucking PASSENGERS. |
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nyhuskyfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. it feels different |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Okay... I can accept that. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. what irritates me |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. The important difference between talking to a passenger... |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I've found that the passengers (especially kids) are not in the last bit |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. If they're busy doing something that's not a conversation with you... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. the people I see talking on cell phones drive like fucking idiots |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. 80% of the people on the road drive like "fucking idiots" half the time... |
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nyhuskyfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. That's very true |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Imagine tossing another distraction (like a cell phone) on top of that... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. So, we encourage carpooling, but everybody just keep your damned mouths shut. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Let me guess, report done when handsfree FIRST appeared. |
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