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09-02-2009, 04:04 PM
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texting while driving
After reading a thread by sarge I felt a need to post this. I live in Alaska and up here if you get stopped for texting while driving it is the same as a DUI. I am a fire fighter, rescue tec, and medic. I think it is a good thing. At training last night I was shown a video on youtube about texting while driving. The British has put out a very good ad on what can happen to someone who texts while driving. It is very graphic and disturbing, I think everyone driving age and up should see it. Look up[ graphic crash, UK, dangers of texting while driving] on youtube. I am single with no kids and I wonder sometimes how parents can do what I do without chaining their kids to the bed!
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09-03-2009, 06:50 PM
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I agree, texting while driving is very dangerous. I did it once while in middle of an argument with someone who hung up on me, I almost crashed right off the freeway, I was doing over 100 miles an hour at the time. I now only use my cell phone hands free in the car with a bluetooth headset.
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09-03-2009, 07:04 PM
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Texting while driving should carry the death sentence, it is idiocy beyond belief and puts the lives of innocents in danger.
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09-03-2009, 07:36 PM
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If you go to Chicago and suburbs you will see a lot of people texting away while driving. It is maddness.
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09-04-2009, 06:04 AM
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You would think it would be common sense not to do something that would distract you from driving a one ton vehicle that's flying down the road at 40-75 miles/hr. But...go figure.
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09-04-2009, 10:35 AM
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Has anyone seen the video? I would like to know what others think about it. Someone did a good job on it.
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09-04-2009, 04:23 PM
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For an official public broadcast, some consider it "shocking", which is probably the idea.
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09-04-2009, 08:16 PM
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Yes, I imagine so. As a emergency responder I see stuff like that all too often. When I see someone driving like a nut I call it job security. Unfortunately it is normally the innocent that gets hurt. I don't think they could have done a better job showing what we see all the time. I think high schools should be required to show it.
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