:Use of cell phone while driving ban.

[AnnaG]

I saw a drunk horse once. It was the funniest thing. He had gotten into some bad fermented feed...

lol That happens, yup. There was also a movie where Lee Marvin was drunk and on a horse that was drunk. Both were perfectly harmless leaning against a building passed out.

 

[JLM]

I sincerely hope you get caught, many times, because you are a menace on the road and an accident looking for a place to happen.

You might just be floggin' on a dead horse there #Juan. :smile::smile: (from the neck up anyway)

 

[JLM]

Oh, she's gonna get caught Juan. Just a matter of time - right Harley?

Which begs a question - I wonder who....................ah never mind, I'm trying to be nice this week..........:smile::smile:

 

[JLM]

No, legislation will never put an end to its use. It's become part of the culture and a way of doing business. There have been and continue to be laws on the books for driving without due care and attention. And, I agree, cell-phone use is a distraction and impairs judgement and reaction time. But, so does talking to passengers, eating, drinking, smoking, daydreaming, driving at night, driving in the snow or rain, reading traffic signs, driving past large bill;boards or flashing lights, looking for addresses, driving by a pretty woman,... Let's pass laws against all of these aspects of modern life. Horses and carriages are far safer!

Yeah, and they don't have the propensity to talk either.

 

[JLM]

lol That happens, yup. There was also a movie where Lee Marvin was drunk and on a horse that was drunk. Both were perfectly harmless leaning against a building passed out.

Cat Belou??????

 

[Risus]

Cat Belou??????

I remember the scene, but can't remember the movie.

 

[JLM]

I remember the scene, but can't remember the movie.

Don't feel bad - that was probably about 1970 (about 11 years after '59).

 

[eh1eh]

I'm a truck driver with over one million accident free miles, mostly in Southern Ontario and Toronto, and my first cell phone was a Novatel. I have routinely eaten a sandwich, changed gears, talked on the phone, changed gears, written down info from dispatch, had another bite of said sandwich, changed gears, yelled at a really dumb twit car driver, changed gears, written down the remaining info from dispatch, had a quick slug of Coke, changed gears, hung up the phone and continued on my way accident free.
Learn to drive you TWITS and then you could talk on the phone and drive. The real problem is the TWITS in cars that never actually learned to drive.

Sorry for the rant people but really the actually phone is not the problem, it's the user.

 

[Risus]

I'm a truck driver with over one million accident free miles, mostly in Southern Ontario and Toronto, and my first cell phone was a Novatel. I have routinely eaten a sandwich, changed gears, talked on the phone, changed gears, written down info from dispatch, had another bite of said sandwich, changed gears, yelled at a really dumb twit car driver, changed gears, written down the remaining info from dispatch, had a quick slug of Coke, changed gears, hung up the phone and continued on my way accident free.
Learn to drive you TWITS and then you could talk on the phone and drive. The real problem is the TWITS in cars that never actually learned to drive.

Sorry for the rant people but really the actually phone is not the problem, it's the user.

So you aren't one of those truck drivers driving too fast and rolling over or losing their load on ramps and curves??? At one time truck drivers were safe, but not any more. There are a lot of pill popping doped up drivers out there.There is also a lot of unsafe rigs. Get off your high horse....

 

[JLM]

I'm a truck driver with over one million accident free miles, mostly in Southern Ontario and Toronto, and my first cell phone was a Novatel. I have routinely eaten a sandwich, changed gears, talked on the phone, changed gears, written down info from dispatch, had another bite of said sandwich, changed gears, yelled at a really dumb twit car driver, changed gears, written down the remaining info from dispatch, had a quick slug of Coke, changed gears, hung up the phone and continued on my way accident free.
Learn to drive you TWITS and then you could talk on the phone and drive. The real problem is the TWITS in cars that never actually learned to drive.

Sorry for the rant people but really the actually phone is not the problem, it's the user.

And balance that off with what a wise man once said- "No one can think of two things at the same time" :smile:

 

[lone wolf]

So you aren't one of those truck drivers driving too fast and rolling over or losing their load on ramps and curves??? At one time truck drivers were safe, but not any more. There are a lot of pill popping doped up drivers out there.There is also a lot of unsafe rigs. Get off your high horse....

I guess you missed the part about a million accident-free miles?

 

[Risus]

I guess you missed the part about a million accident-free miles?

Well over my lifetime I've driven a million accident free miles as well. Whats your point?

 

[lone wolf]

Well over my lifetime I've driven a million accident free miles as well. Whats your point?

Well.... Anyone can brag. Do you have the logbooks to prove your boast?

 

[JLM]

I guess you missed the part about a million accident-free miles?

There are insurance companies you wouldn't want to share that info with (ALL STATE) for one, their policy (used to be, if not now) that they cut you off after seven years of accident free driving because statistically speaking you were over due for one. (And eveyone on here knows how reliable those statistics are :smile::smile::smile

 

[Sporty883]

I'm a truck driver with over one million accident free miles, mostly in Southern Ontario and Toronto, and my first cell phone was a Novatel. I have routinely eaten a sandwich, changed gears, talked on the phone, changed gears, written down info from dispatch, had another bite of said sandwich, changed gears, yelled at a really dumb twit car driver, changed gears, written down the remaining info from dispatch, had a quick slug of Coke, changed gears, hung up the phone and continued on my way accident free.
Learn to drive you TWITS and then you could talk on the phone and drive. The real problem is the TWITS in cars that never actually learned to drive.

Sorry for the rant people but really the actually phone is not the problem, it's the user.

Banning cell phones only makes idiots think they have dealt with a prolem.
My point exactly being, there are many more distractions, and if they become one, then maybe a person should not be driving or take a defensive driving course.
Cell phones are not the hazard,, the driver is. It is always easy to blame others or more ridiculous an innate object for short comings.
I know a truck driver as well, and he texts me all the time, and im's me on messenger.
And like I said I know people that can text with phone in their pocket, seems to me to be quite a talent.

And really does anyone think I would waste my time "debating" when they lower themselves to lack of nothing better to say than to begin with an insult! How dumb is that?????:roll:

 

[lone wolf]

There are insurance companies you wouldn't want to share that info with (ALL STATE) for one, their policy (used to be, if not now) that they cut you off after seven years of accident free driving because statistically speaking you were over due for one. (And eveyone on here knows how reliable those statistics are :smile::smile::smile

I heard the same crap from Wawanesa. They didn't even thank me for all the free money....

 

[Sporty883]

Arrogance definition....... to presume that because I use a cell phone I do not follow the safety procedures of the road. LOL! ooops that is ignorance...sorry.
I have been driving for over 30 years accident, and ticket free...
I am quite confident in my driving, and think nothing of driving hundreds of miles in a day on my own.

 

[Spade]

Cat Ballou
YouTube - La tigresa del Oeste

 

[#juan]

I'm a truck driver with over one million accident free miles, mostly in Southern Ontario and Toronto, and my first cell phone was a Novatel. I have routinely eaten a sandwich, changed gears, talked on the phone, changed gears, written down info from dispatch, had another bite of said sandwich, changed gears, yelled at a really dumb twit car driver, changed gears, written down the remaining info from dispatch, had a quick slug of Coke, changed gears, hung up the phone and continued on my way accident free.
Learn to drive you TWITS and then you could talk on the phone and drive. The real problem is the TWITS in cars that never actually learned to drive.

Sorry for the rant people but really the actually phone is not the problem, it's the user.

Poppycock!!

I have at least a million accident-free miles. What you describe eh1eh is the stuff nightmares are made of. You are driving a truck that is likely capable of flattening most other vehicles on the road. The worst thing is that you think you are invulnerable and that you have learned to do all these things while still driving safely. Your driving has got to be less safe while talking on the phone and doing all the things you described. So far you've been lucky, as have been the people who share the road with you.

 

[Sporty883]

I heard the same crap from Wawanesa. They didn't even thank me for all the free money....

I guess that is when that saying comes into play "What they don't know, will not hurth them"! Not like they can do a frickin blood test to see if you are 'using'. lololololol!