Cell phone talkers as bad as drunk drivers

PJ_Soul

blueandwhite said:

Go Beavers said:

Jason P wrote:

I'll take drunks over texters any day.

When I answer a call on my phone while driving, I swear it takes away 50% of my driving awareness. I try not to do it unless its an emergency.

Driving loaded is a piece of cake. Just keep your hand in the 12 o'clock position with the pinky / index "devil horns" and keep the road paving lines between them. (i kid, i kid).

I've taken probably 2 calls when driving a long time ago, and I can tell that my perception of what's around me is like being in a tunnel. I don't know how others don't notice this.

Great roads make for terrible drivers.

In North America the majority of roads are wide and straight which allows drivers to divert their attention away from what they are doing without any real consequences. Many people don't focus on the road because the majority of the time they don't feel a need to. 

Yes, I've heard they have the same problem in the Canadian prairies. Every road is straight and flat. Therefore, a large number of the worst drivers in the country hail from the prairies because 1) they don't pay as much attention, and 2) once they're confronted with roads that aren't straight and flat many don't know how to adjust, lol.

PJfanwillneverleave1

PJ_Soul said:

blueandwhite said:

Go Beavers said:

Jason P wrote:

I'll take drunks over texters any day.

When I answer a call on my phone while driving, I swear it takes away 50% of my driving awareness. I try not to do it unless its an emergency.

Driving loaded is a piece of cake. Just keep your hand in the 12 o'clock position with the pinky / index "devil horns" and keep the road paving lines between them. (i kid, i kid).

I've taken probably 2 calls when driving a long time ago, and I can tell that my perception of what's around me is like being in a tunnel. I don't know how others don't notice this.

Great roads make for terrible drivers.

In North America the majority of roads are wide and straight which allows drivers to divert their attention away from what they are doing without any real consequences. Many people don't focus on the road because the majority of the time they don't feel a need to. 

Yes, I've heard they have the same problem in the Canadian prairies. Every road is straight and flat. Therefore, a large number of the worst drivers in the country hail from the prairies because 1) they don't pay as much attention, and 2) once they're confronted with roads that aren't straight and flat many don't know how to adjust, lol.

Heard from where?  

tbergs

/\/\/\ Man, you just won't stop. Almost like a stalker to follow to another thread and do the same thing. I think PJ Soul has a legitimate claim for a harassment restraining order. Quit being a jackass.

chadwick

fact of the matter is a large percentage of the population simply drive like crap with or without a phone going 

brianlux

chadwick said:

fact of the matter is a large percentage of the population simply drive like crap with or without a phone going 

Ain't it the truth!

HughFreakingDillon

PJ_Soul said:

blueandwhite said:

Go Beavers said:

Jason P wrote:

I'll take drunks over texters any day.

When I answer a call on my phone while driving, I swear it takes away 50% of my driving awareness. I try not to do it unless its an emergency.

Driving loaded is a piece of cake. Just keep your hand in the 12 o'clock position with the pinky / index "devil horns" and keep the road paving lines between them. (i kid, i kid).

I've taken probably 2 calls when driving a long time ago, and I can tell that my perception of what's around me is like being in a tunnel. I don't know how others don't notice this.

Great roads make for terrible drivers.

In North America the majority of roads are wide and straight which allows drivers to divert their attention away from what they are doing without any real consequences. Many people don't focus on the road because the majority of the time they don't feel a need to. 

Yes, I've heard they have the same problem in the Canadian prairies. Every road is straight and flat. Therefore, a large number of the worst drivers in the country hail from the prairies because 1) they don't pay as much attention, and 2) once they're confronted with roads that aren't straight and flat many don't know how to adjust, lol.

I live in the prairies, and yes while they are flat, they aren't straight. Only the trans-canada is sort of like that. All of our other highways, the ones I've travelled anyway, are twisty for that very reason. 

PJ_Soul

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

blueandwhite said:

Go Beavers said:

Jason P wrote:

I'll take drunks over texters any day.

When I answer a call on my phone while driving, I swear it takes away 50% of my driving awareness. I try not to do it unless its an emergency.

Driving loaded is a piece of cake. Just keep your hand in the 12 o'clock position with the pinky / index "devil horns" and keep the road paving lines between them. (i kid, i kid).

I've taken probably 2 calls when driving a long time ago, and I can tell that my perception of what's around me is like being in a tunnel. I don't know how others don't notice this.

Great roads make for terrible drivers.

In North America the majority of roads are wide and straight which allows drivers to divert their attention away from what they are doing without any real consequences. Many people don't focus on the road because the majority of the time they don't feel a need to. 

Yes, I've heard they have the same problem in the Canadian prairies. Every road is straight and flat. Therefore, a large number of the worst drivers in the country hail from the prairies because 1) they don't pay as much attention, and 2) once they're confronted with roads that aren't straight and flat many don't know how to adjust, lol.

I live in the prairies, and yes while they are flat, they aren't straight. Only the trans-canada is sort of like that. All of our other highways, the ones I've travelled anyway, are twisty for that very reason. 

I've only been through Alberta, where I found most of the roads to be straight and flat.... Anyway, I'm just reporting what others have told me.... although I can say that I've seen a LOT of bad drivers with AB plates here, lol ... perhaps it really is an Albertan thing rather than a prairie thing!

HughFreakingDillon

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

blueandwhite said:

Go Beavers said:

Jason P wrote:

I'll take drunks over texters any day.

When I answer a call on my phone while driving, I swear it takes away 50% of my driving awareness. I try not to do it unless its an emergency.

Driving loaded is a piece of cake. Just keep your hand in the 12 o'clock position with the pinky / index "devil horns" and keep the road paving lines between them. (i kid, i kid).

I've taken probably 2 calls when driving a long time ago, and I can tell that my perception of what's around me is like being in a tunnel. I don't know how others don't notice this.

Great roads make for terrible drivers.

In North America the majority of roads are wide and straight which allows drivers to divert their attention away from what they are doing without any real consequences. Many people don't focus on the road because the majority of the time they don't feel a need to. 

Yes, I've heard they have the same problem in the Canadian prairies. Every road is straight and flat. Therefore, a large number of the worst drivers in the country hail from the prairies because 1) they don't pay as much attention, and 2) once they're confronted with roads that aren't straight and flat many don't know how to adjust, lol.

I live in the prairies, and yes while they are flat, they aren't straight. Only the trans-canada is sort of like that. All of our other highways, the ones I've travelled anyway, are twisty for that very reason. 

I've only been through Alberta, where I found most of the roads to be straight and flat.... Anyway, I'm just reporting what others have told me.... although I can say that I've seen a LOT of bad drivers with AB plates here, lol ... perhaps it really is an Albertan thing rather than a prairie thing!

oh, there are plenty of shitty drivers in Manitoba (I wasn't being defensive, if that's how you took it).  I was just saying we don't have all straight roads. 

brianlux

Today at a stoplight, a 20-something lady in front of me is stopped, looking down at something.  Light turns green.  Lady still staring downward, oblivious to anything related to driving a motor vehicle.  

Three guesses as to what she was doing (the last two don't count).

chadwick

how drunk are we talking? i do not for one minute believe a cell phone user is more dangerous than a drunk while both are driving. a drunk driver can barely walk when he or she opens the car door to exit their vehicle, so they fall on the ground before the car is put in park. people are stupid, weak & they suck. also a great number of folks can not drive regardless of phone or drink. how the fuck can a dork ass bastard idiot navigate the roadways of major cities w/out fucking shit up? they're bullshit, their beliefs are bullshit, & generally they should be slapped around a bit      

HesCalledDyer

chadwick said:

how drunk are we talking? i do not for one minute believe a cell phone user is more dangerous than a drunk while both are driving. a drunk driver can barely walk when he or she opens the car door to exit their vehicle, so they fall on the ground before the car is put in park. people are stupid, weak & they suck. also a great number of folks can not drive regardless of phone or drink. how the fuck can a dork ass bastard idiot navigate the roadways of major cities w/out fucking shit up? they're bullshit, their beliefs are bullshit, & generally they should be slapped around a bit      

This is very true.

In town, there is this one intersection where the thru right-of-way is a right turn.  There is a stop sign there, but it's only if you're making a left turn. The sign directly below the stop sign clearly states "Except for Right Turns."  What does EVERYBODY do??  They fucking stop on a right turn.  EVERY. GOD. DAMN. TIME.  People stop at intersections with no stop signs all the time here, yet blow thru every stop sign in town.  It's like I live in fucking Oppositeville.

oftenreading

HesCalledDyer said:

chadwick said:

how drunk are we talking? i do not for one minute believe a cell phone user is more dangerous than a drunk while both are driving. a drunk driver can barely walk when he or she opens the car door to exit their vehicle, so they fall on the ground before the car is put in park. people are stupid, weak & they suck. also a great number of folks can not drive regardless of phone or drink. how the fuck can a dork ass bastard idiot navigate the roadways of major cities w/out fucking shit up? they're bullshit, their beliefs are bullshit, & generally they should be slapped around a bit      

This is very true.

In town, there is this one intersection where the thru right-of-way is a right turn.  There is a stop sign there, but it's only if you're making a left turn. The sign directly below the stop sign clearly states "Except for Right Turns."  What does EVERYBODY do??  They fucking stop on a right turn.  EVERY. GOD. DAMN. TIME.  People stop at intersections with no stop signs all the time here, yet blow thru every stop sign in town.  It's like I live in fucking Oppositeville.

That's a really weird intersection, then, if there's a stop sign but you only need to stop if you're turning left. If I was driving there for the first time I would probably stop, too, just to figure it out.

Go Beavers

chadwick said:

how drunk are we talking? i do not for one minute believe a cell phone user is more dangerous than a drunk while both are driving. a drunk driver can barely walk when he or she opens the car door to exit their vehicle, so they fall on the ground before the car is put in park. people are stupid, weak & they suck. also a great number of folks can not drive regardless of phone or drink. how the fuck can a dork ass bastard idiot navigate the roadways of major cities w/out fucking shit up? they're bullshit, their beliefs are bullshit, & generally they should be slapped around a bit      

Studies I've seen suggest talking in the phone and driving is the same as a .08 BAC. 

HesCalledDyer

oftenreading said:

HesCalledDyer said:

chadwick said:

how drunk are we talking? i do not for one minute believe a cell phone user is more dangerous than a drunk while both are driving. a drunk driver can barely walk when he or she opens the car door to exit their vehicle, so they fall on the ground before the car is put in park. people are stupid, weak & they suck. also a great number of folks can not drive regardless of phone or drink. how the fuck can a dork ass bastard idiot navigate the roadways of major cities w/out fucking shit up? they're bullshit, their beliefs are bullshit, & generally they should be slapped around a bit      

This is very true.

In town, there is this one intersection where the thru right-of-way is a right turn.  There is a stop sign there, but it's only if you're making a left turn. The sign directly below the stop sign clearly states "Except for Right Turns."  What does EVERYBODY do??  They fucking stop on a right turn.  EVERY. GOD. DAMN. TIME.  People stop at intersections with no stop signs all the time here, yet blow thru every stop sign in town.  It's like I live in fucking Oppositeville.

That's a really weird intersection, then, if there's a stop sign but you only need to stop if you're turning left. If I was driving there for the first time I would probably stop, too, just to figure it out.

It's because the right turn is the continuation of the street you're on (Greene).  To the left is a different street (Washington).  And even though Washington merges straight into Greene, Greene has the right of way. So if you're making a left onto Washington from Greene, you have to stop because you're crossing traffic.  But if you're making a right you're just continuing on Greene, no need to stop.

I always give out-of-state drivers a pass because I could see how it would confuse someone who isn't from the area.  Without signs, any normal person (including me) would assume you have to stop there.  But people that live here and KNOW the intersection and drive through it every day should know by now that you don't need to stop, especially since the sign tells you not to.

chadwick

Go Beavers said:

chadwick said:

how drunk are we talking? i do not for one minute believe a cell phone user is more dangerous than a drunk while both are driving. a drunk driver can barely walk when he or she opens the car door to exit their vehicle, so they fall on the ground before the car is put in park. people are stupid, weak & they suck. also a great number of folks can not drive regardless of phone or drink. how the fuck can a dork ass bastard idiot navigate the roadways of major cities w/out fucking shit up? they're bullshit, their beliefs are bullshit, & generally they should be slapped around a bit      

Studies I've seen suggest talking in the phone and driving is the same as a .08 BAC. 

again, we're dealing w/ moronic drivers on a phone

chadwick

plenty of stop signs in washington state are set up with a sign under the stop sign saying something to the effect "no stop needit when turning right." well i lived there nearly a decade, but am not from there & when i first experienced such an intersection i was in a big ass tractor trailer & about shit. what a neat thing tho after you're used to it  

brianlux

chadwick said:

plenty of stop signs in washington state are set up with a sign under the stop sign saying something to the effect "no stop needit when turning right." well i lived there nearly a decade, but am not from there & when i first experienced such an intersection i was in a big ass tractor trailer & about shit. what a neat thing tho after you're used to it  

I never saw one of those in my years on the Olympic Peninsula although we did have one in here in Placerville for several years.  Eventually they took the sign out and replaced it with a regular stop sign.  I was so used to just yielding it's just lucky I haven't gotten a ticket there. 

g under p

PJ_Soul said:

blueandwhite said:

Go Beavers said:

Jason P wrote:

I'll take drunks over texters any day.

When I answer a call on my phone while driving, I swear it takes away 50% of my driving awareness. I try not to do it unless its an emergency.

Driving loaded is a piece of cake. Just keep your hand in the 12 o'clock position with the pinky / index "devil horns" and keep the road paving lines between them. (i kid, i kid).

I've taken probably 2 calls when driving a long time ago, and I can tell that my perception of what's around me is like being in a tunnel. I don't know how others don't notice this.

Great roads make for terrible drivers.

In North America the majority of roads are wide and straight which allows drivers to divert their attention away from what they are doing without any real consequences. Many people don't focus on the road because the majority of the time they don't feel a need to. 

Yes, I've heard they have the same problem in the Canadian prairies. Every road is straight and flat. Therefore, a large number of the worst drivers in the country hail from the prairies because 1) they don't pay as much attention, and 2) once they're confronted with roads that aren't straight and flat many don't know how to adjust, lol.

Yes I believe Florida has THE worst drivers and the the state with the least insured drivers. One of of the reasons the state (South Florida Palm Beach County) I live in has the worst drivers is in part due very flat and straight roads. Also hardly much traffic compared to the state I  moved from MD and that hideous Beltway. With these straight and flat roads people drive with more speed and take more chances like using cellphones while driving. Everytime I see a driver driving too slow or can't stay in a lane they're looking at their cellphones.

https://smartasset.com/auto/states-with-the-worst-drivers

Peace