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Rant: Texting while driving
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Author:  Sarissa [ Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:22 PM ]
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Car audio went from potentially cool to annoying too quickly. In auto shop I remember working on someone's modded Cadillac. When you turned the ignition on the doors would lock and a voice would say "goodbye Mr. Bond".

Now all the modules can do is beep.
Author:  joxur [ Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:55 PM ]
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Why not put governors on all vehicles so they can't go above 65mph?
Author:  Sarissa [ Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:57 PM ]
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Because in some places, like the great state of New Mexico, speed limits can go up to 75.
Author:  cicely [ Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:27 PM ]
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Well eventually cars will be computer/robot controlled so we shouldn't have to worry about accidents and fatalities anymore. Of course this probably won't happen in our lifetimes, but you never know. And if you don't believe me, there is some highway in California where they are testing computer controlled cars on a highway lined with sensors and other gizmos that interact with the computer and get it to where it wants to go. It is still in its infantile stage, but in the next few millenia will probably be here.

That is, if we all survive December 2012 :)
Author:  DarkOmen42 [ Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:59 PM ]
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My boss has an old seatbelt end he cut off the belt and keeps stuck in his seatbelt latch to keep it from beeping.
Author:  Miramicha at Work [ Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:38 AM ]
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I hate wearing my seatbelt, but now wear it on occasion for the simple reason I have gotten tired of being pulled over and getting slapped with a $180 seatbelt tax.
Author:  krby71 [ Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:56 AM ]
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Back to the texting while driving issue. From Allstate:
Quote:
When you text and drive...
* It takes your eyes off the road on average of five seconds at a time. At 55 mph, that's like driving the length of a football field - completely blind.1
* It's like driving after having 4 beers.2
* It makes us 23 times more likely to crash.3
* It results in car crashes that kill an average of 11 teens each day.4
* It's results in 330,000 distracted driving injuries every year.5

Sources:
1-Virginia Tech Transportation Institute research, available at http://www.vtti.vt.edu
2-Setting Limits, Saving Lives -- The Case for .08 BAC Laws, available at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov and A Comparison of the Cell Phone Driver and the Drunk Driver, available at http://dwiwatch.org/cell-phone-texting.php
3-Virginia Tech Transportation Institute research, available at http://www.vtti.vt.edu
4-IIHS fatality facts 2008, available at http://www.iihs.org
5-National Safety Council Cell Phone fact sheet, available at http://www.nsc.org
Author:  Vanamar [ Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:20 AM ]
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* It's like driving after having 4 beers.


People who drink four beers have trouble driving home? o_O I've consumed a six pack and driven home completely sober, heh.
Author:  cicely [ Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:21 AM ]
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Sounds like you need a breathalyzer on your car...
Author:  Vanamar [ Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:26 AM ]
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Having a pocket breathalyzer already, I know when I've had too much :P

Six beers and I blow 0.06, which is 0.02 below the legal limit in GA.
Author:  krby71 [ Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:34 AM ]
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they are talking average teen... you are not average Van.

I bet if you had four beers when you were 18 I bet you would be closer to .1 than .06
Author:  Vanamar [ Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:58 AM ]
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eh... I'd been drinking beer since I was 16 by that point, so maybe maybe not.
Author:  Slyfinger [ Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:20 PM ]
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Quote:
$180 seatbelt tax.



Truth. Seatbelt laws aren't there to save lives, they are there to tax otherwise law abiding citizens. Or an excuse to harass the individual and his/her passengers.


I only started wearing a seatbelt about 12 years ago. When I first started, I welcomed the "annoying" ding.
Author:  Orme, a Singing Bard [ Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:54 PM ]
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Maybe I'm part of the problem. If I'm at a friend's place, I might drink 4-6 beers over the course of 3-4 hours. I drive home. Honestly, I wouldn't have the first clue if I'm legal or not.

If you shotgun 6 beers, unless you are super-liver-boy, you're going to be over .1 I would think. But, if you are just hanging out and drink at a fairly normal pace and have some tolerance, you're probably OK. I'm guessing in Van's case, that's 6 over 2 hours. Still probably a bit much, but here's to alcoholism :)
Author:  Finlainea [ Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:21 AM ]
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Texting while on a motorcycle? http://www.jokeroo.com/video/funny/bike ... -text.html
Author:  Givin Wetwillies [ Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:53 AM ]
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Texting while driving.
Texting in the middle of class/lecture.
Texting in the middle of the street, walking.

All faggots.
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