Texting while driving - Page 6

monster · 09-01-2009, 11:22 AM

Thanks, Glatt, as always you lead by example. nice post.

Shawnee123 · 09-01-2009, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtp

Shaw- the kid who hit you...wasn't he turning at the same time? I don't do that, even if I want to I can't, I have to change gears.

Nope, I was turning. He was busy going about 40 through a red light.

mtp, you're too young to be that tired. Have you had blood work done lately? I mean, no offense, but when I was your age I fairly popped out of bed to get to my early farm job.

glatt gave some great guidelines, if those don't work, see a doctor.

You know we care about you. Please listen to us old fogeys.

Queen of the Ryche · 09-01-2009, 11:59 AM

Red light texter.
Hands free talker.
NEVER EVER when tired.
That is all.

Pico and ME · 09-01-2009, 12:21 PM

MTP, you said you take a sleep aid and that you are groggy in the morning because of it. I take trazadonne to help fall asleep each night and it doesn't cause any grogginess at all. Also, I get up at 4am to get to my 6am job. I spend the first hour so in front of my computer drinking coffee, then I take a shower and get ready to go. That does a lot to wake me up.

morethanpretty · 09-01-2009, 12:47 PM

No Pico, I don't take sleep aids because they make my grogginess worse. The only ones that don't seem to be Tylanol or Advil PM, but only if I'm really careful about takin 'em early in the evenin. Trazadone is phsycoactive drug that alters your brain function. I'm sorry but even if I could afford a prescription, I will not put a drug like that in my body ever again.

Glatt- I have not dismissed your ideas. I have tried most of 'em, or already follow those guidelines. I just don't feel like explaining all of what has not made a difference. Everybody's body is different. I am tryin to be awake in the AM and I am doin whats necessary to not fall asleep at the wheel. My head doesn't droop and eyes don't even stay closed for more than what I need to blink.

Shawnee123 · 09-01-2009, 01:12 PM

Text, sleep, drive around dead ...go for it. Obviously, it's important to you to do so. *shrugs*

classicman · 09-01-2009, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Text, sleep, drive around dead ...go for it.

Just do it in a wooded and unpopulated area.

Shawnee123 · 09-01-2009, 03:59 PM

Go visit the Unabomber's cabin.

morethanpretty · 09-01-2009, 04:10 PM

I'm sure y'all drive perfectly, 100% focused on driving a 100% of the time.

TheMercenary · 09-01-2009, 04:17 PM

I can't wait til they outlaw texting and driving here in the US. Every single state should do it.

classicman · 09-01-2009, 04:57 PM

In the last 2 months EVERYTHING in my life has changed and I can tell you that my cell now goes on mute once I'm in the car. I rarely even have the radio on anymore. Yeh, I'm pretty much as focused as I can possibly be on driving - period.

Spexxvet · 09-02-2009, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I can't wait til they outlaw texting and driving here in the US. Every single state should do it.

A recommendation that the federal government gets involved in the lives of citizens from a conservative??

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

In the last 2 months EVERYTHING in my life has changed and I can tell you that my cell now goes on mute once I'm in the car. I rarely even have the radio on anymore. Yeh, I'm pretty much as focused as I can possibly be on driving - period.

Because you're the one who totalled Shawnee's car? You bastard!

TheMercenary · 09-02-2009, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

A recommendation that the federal government gets involved in the lives of citizens from a conservative??

Eh, I look at it as a safety issue. I look at it as a motorcycle driver. I look at it as someone who has had near misses from people on the phone or texting. The military has already outlawed the use of cell phones while driving on base. They will pull you over and give you ticket in a NY minute. Sounds like a good thing to me.

Not nearly the same as taking over the banking and auto industry and now attempting to control health care. Every chooses their battles.

Spexxvet · 09-03-2009, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Eh, I look at it as a safety issue. ...

That's exactly how I look at handguns. It's a safety issue... :p

Oh no I di-int! Bwaa-ha-haha-ha !

Shawnee123 · 09-04-2009, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

That's exactly how I look at handguns. It's a safety issue... :p

Oh no I di-int! Bwaa-ha-haha-ha !

Woooooooohooooooooooooooo!!!!!! :p

09-01-2009, 11:22 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Thanks, Glatt, as always you lead by example. nice post. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-01-2009, 11:59 AM	#3
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	Red light texter. Hands free talker. NEVER EVER when tired. That is all. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

09-01-2009, 12:47 PM	#5
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	No Pico, I don't take sleep aids because they make my grogginess worse. The only ones that don't seem to be Tylanol or Advil PM, but only if I'm really careful about takin 'em early in the evenin. Trazadone is phsycoactive drug that alters your brain function. I'm sorry but even if I could afford a prescription, I will not put a drug like that in my body ever again. Glatt- I have not dismissed your ideas. I have tried most of 'em, or already follow those guidelines. I just don't feel like explaining all of what has not made a difference. Everybody's body is different. I am tryin to be awake in the AM and I am doin whats necessary to not fall asleep at the wheel. My head doesn't droop and eyes don't even stay closed for more than what I need to blink. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

09-01-2009, 01:12 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Text, sleep, drive around dead ...go for it. Obviously, it's important to you to do so. shrugs __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-01-2009, 03:59 PM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Go visit the Unabomber's cabin. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-01-2009, 12:21 PM	#4
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	MTP, you said you take a sleep aid and that you are groggy in the morning because of it. I take trazadonne to help fall asleep each night and it doesn't cause any grogginess at all. Also, I get up at 4am to get to my 6am job. I spend the first hour so in front of my computer drinking coffee, then I take a shower and get ready to go. That does a lot to wake me up.

09-01-2009, 04:10 PM	#9
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	I'm sure y'all drive perfectly, 100% focused on driving a 100% of the time. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

09-01-2009, 04:17 PM	#10
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I can't wait til they outlaw texting and driving here in the US. Every single state should do it. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-01-2009, 04:57 PM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	In the last 2 months EVERYTHING in my life has changed and I can tell you that my cell now goes on mute once I'm in the car. I rarely even have the radio on anymore. Yeh, I'm pretty much as focused as I can possibly be on driving - period. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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