wow.... what do you guys think about this?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_re_us/driven_to_distraction
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LOL. Better ban toddlers trying to get out of their car seats and older children fussing and fighting. That's my biggest distraction.PrayersForMaura said:May as well ban the radio, too. Music is a distraction. Gets your mind off of the road and on the melody.
Other driver distractions:
- auto accidents on the road. Man, people turn their necks far to see what all the commotion is. This backs up traffic and sometimes cause more accidents!
- Billboards. I often find myself reading the billboards and when my eyes finally look back to the road, I'm in the next lane!
- car washes ... people waving towels and holding posters about their fundraiser car wash. I ran a light once because I was too busy reading which high school hosted the latest carwash!
- People collecting money at street corners for whatever charity it might be. Too distracting
- My nose. I sneeze and my damned eyes close!! Then I open my eyes and woh! There's a car stopped in front of me.
LOL, I feel for you. I don't have kids but I sometimes take my dogs with me for a ride. They LOVE the car, and the windows rolled down with the wind blowing their flappy ears!! My one dog likes to walk all over the car while I drive... occasionally plopping his cute but big butt on my lap! He's so cute!White Rain said:LOL. Better ban toddlers trying to get out of their car seats and older children fussing and fighting. That's my biggest distraction.
Imagine this: "NO, I WANT TO SIT BEHIND MOMMA", "MOMMA, SHE KEEPS PUTTING HER HAND ON MY SIDE OF THE CAR", "MAMA TELL HER TO LEAVE ME ALONE", "MOMMA TELL HER TO BE QUIET." I tell you what...some mornings I just couldn't get to the daycare fast enough.PrayersForMaura said:LOL, If feel for you. I don't have kids but I sometimes take my dogs with me for a ride. They LOVE the car, and the windows rolled down with the wind bowing their flappy ears!! My one dog likes to walk all over the car while I drive... occasionally plopping his cute but big butt on my lap! He's so cute!
I remember when I was a kid! My poor mother!! I was always saying things like "Mom, are we there yet, I'm hungry!" and then my brother and I would start hitting each other!! I'd see her looking t us in her rear view mirror! That HAD to be distracting!!
Oh, the things you appreciate when you get older.
My mother sure is a gem of a lady!!
reb said:car phones + driving is a double-edged sword. even if celling while driving is outlawed, i mean, what happens if you have a medical emergency or life & death matter, or you have to call your boss to say you're running late because of traffic (if your job depends on it- the call, that is)-- and you get stopped & fined for it....? then you have to sit there and explain to the cop that it's an emergency. what are they going to ask, "on a scale of 1 to 50, how much of an emergncy is it?" i mean, can you imagine the courts getting even more clogged up with all these cases??
sheesh.. i'm ready to go back to the stone age myself.
Here in GA tinted windows have to be very very lightly tinted, and they are very strict about it. My ex-husband got a window tint ticket in our own yard. I kid you not.reb said:how about this- banning people talking! conversations are also quite distracting.
and also, that naughty thing that perverts (or just ordinary men) do in cars when they're alone... LOL
OK wait a minute.. now we have to ban tinted windows too- how are the police going to see if you're breaking the law in your car?
LisainWV said:I get really riled up about these issues. I'm still pissed that my government thinks they can MAKE me wear my seatbelt in the car. Yes, I know it's a good idea to do it and it's safer, but come on.....don't infringe on my personal space.
We need to fight giving up all these personal rights that we have. I absolutely blast my radio when I'm driving (by myself). However, if I get in a situation where I need to really be alert, I turn it down. Anything can distract anyone at anytime. I bout break my neck every time I see a nice car on the road or a good looking guy on a good lookin Harley. But, for heavens sake, let's not outlaw those too.
All this BS is sprouting from the petty lawsuit lives most people lead. I swear, I people (not friend, BTW) that lawsuits are their career.
Another issue, how the hell is LE going to have time to enforce this crap? Don't we have enough real crime out there that we don't need to give them busy work?
Sorry, guys and gals, this is one of my soapboxes. We're spending bazillions of dollars "creating" freedom for Irag while we're losing ours - by the same hands!!!!!
No doubt - they would also have to ban my entire brain, which suffers from constant distractions!:dance:White Rain said:LOL. Better ban toddlers trying to get out of their car seats and older children fussing and fighting. That's my biggest distraction.
LOL... I like the ban on tinted windows!!reb said:how about this- banning people talking! conversations are also quite distracting.
and also, that naughty thing that perverts (or just ordinary men) do in cars when they're alone... LOL
OK wait a minute.. now we have to ban tinted windows too- how are the police going to see if you're breaking the law in your car?
Paladin said:I'd like to see real statistics on crashes that are caused by these so-called distractions. They didn't even mention sexual activites while driving. :dance: