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How often do you notice someone driving terribly (they almost hit a curb, ran a sign, swerved strangely, ignored a pedestrian), take a closer look, and see that they are on a cell phone? I feel like it's about 70% of the time. There have been excellent studies that driving performance is poorer when yammering on a cell phone than when intoxicated (as defined by legal blood-alcohol thresholds). |
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this was prompted by someone bumping into a telephone pole while 3-point-turning in front of my apartment building. I heard an awful racket and saw a cell phone upon inspection.. luckily I'm on the second floor, so it was easy to chuck a grenade through their window. |
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it's illegal to drive and talk on the cellphone over here |
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that's fucking EXCELLENT. it should also be illegal to drive and argue with your significant other. Every single driving error I've made in the last year (I haven't had anything major, I mean things like missing a turn, hitting TORBJORNs, etc), was in either of these two cases. |
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and here. also whilst on the subject of driving. it really winds me up when people bitch and moan about speed cameras being everywhere. and then getting fined when they get flashed. hows this for a fucking brainwave; stay inside the speed limit, and you dont get fined. fucking hell. yet they still moan. like its their god given right to drive however the fuck they want. |
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oh haha are you in the UK? I could expect that to be done over there, fucking orwellian society. |
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People moan about freedom in the US but when it comes to surveillance the UK has more state imposed voyeuristic tendencies per square bumhole than anywhere else. |
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somedays it feels like we're well on the way to becoming so. like bitch_felch says we're the most watched nation, and although crime statistics are down, perception and fear of crime is going up fast. |
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HAHAAHA bitch_felch yeah it seems pretty weird over there. For instance this news about sticking some pattern recognition software on the cameras in public places to detect anger or whatever in their associated microphones. I think the US is more creepy about figuring things out and throwing random innocents in jail, but UK just brute force spies on its people much more. but of course, they have no idea what happened to that ex-spy poisoned by russians. CAUSE FOR MORE DOMESTIC SPYING |
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Everytimes when one human being is exchanging currency for a bag of torus shaped dough products, one human being receives and transports said torus shaped dough products to one human beings place of residence only to find out that these torus shaped dough products existing in one human beings written words of english are not pre sliced torus shaped dough products, and that is not altruistic toward one human being. |
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that has to be the most fucking secret agent james bond cia plot ever! "WE'LL RADIATE HIM TO DEATH WITH NUCLEAR MATERIAL! HA!" it's like they couldn't just shoot him, they gave him a slow death and enough time to tell people who were doing it... "now, bond, I will leave you in this room with this laser shooting contraption that doesn't activate for another four hours, so that you may think about what you've done, and not escape at all. we won't lock the door, bye." |
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I am "Okay" at driving and talking. I SUCK at driving and texting. But I'm getting better. |
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I thought I was fine and driving while conversing on teh cell phones, but with a little reflection I realized I drive much more poorly. |
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Takes control. (AKA NOT BEIN DRUNK) |
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cell phones should be illegal |
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can people be illegal too? we're trying to do that over here in the USA |
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The human self that is now typing symbols with agreed meaning on a lightening fast simpleton's character inputting device desires the time ahead of the present to proceed in a way where life initially composed by human beings make the existence of humans subject to enforced disciplinary action. |
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we now have surveillance cameras that talk to you, in rotherham or somewhere. fucking scary. what the fuck is wrong with this country. |
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Yes, cell phones whilst driving is one of the main causes of accidents in the UK. Problem is, here at least, we've largely replaced traffic cops with speed cameras. Also means we have loads of uninsured, banned and drunk drivers on the road. Still, that's in the government's interest anyway; more accidents where people aren't injured (the vast majority of accidents) = more damage to vehicles and hence more work for garages (which of course are taxed). Fun pop fact kids: Almost 3 times more accidents are caused by pedestrians behaving like lemmings than speeding. That's not just in accidents involving pedestrians; that's overall. Which, considering that the vast majority of accidents don't involve pedestrians, gives some indication of how much speed has to do with accidents: fuck all (3% for cars, 4% for bikes, source: government's own figures). |
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Arguing with a passenger is meant to be one of the other main causes of accidents, but it's very difficult to prove as few people would admit to it, as it'd constitute "driving without due care and attention" (a criminal offence here and far more serious than the accident itself, usually). |
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I think the correlation is stronger between poor driving and not having a y cromosome |
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Take more concentration into the driving rather than talking, even if you do start mumbling on to the manager of your workplace about random crap. |
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