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« Reply #15 on: August 06, 2009, 10:04:17 PM » |
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Sorry...no offence to all you texters out there, but I think texting is for morons!!! Why can people just pick up a phone and say what they need to and be done...It drives me nuts when I see my daughter texting away a mile a minute, when really whever they are texting about could be said in a 2 min. phone conversation, but thanks honey for running up the phone bill!! And yes it is extremely dangerous to handle a cell phone at all while driving...A friend of mine wrecked her car recently, because her cell phone rang and while sitting there trying to dig it out of her purse, god forbid she dropped the phone then procceeded to try and pick it up off the floor board...then....BAM!!!! Sorry, but no phone call is worth putting myself and other innocent drivers in danger over...There is a such thing as voicemail, and caller id on cell phones, so if your driving and get a call, please be considerate of yourself and others and call whoever back when you get out of the car!!!!
In all seriousness...this is probably the best post I have read in a long time..I have to totally agree. What the hell is wrong with the telephone for one thing? And I would really like to buy myself a Hummer and drive right into every moron with a cell phone that is not paying attention and almost hitting me...I would really like to just floor it and ram their phone up their nose. |
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« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2009, 10:15:32 PM » |
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Sorry...no offence to all you texters out there, but I think texting is for morons!!! Why can people just pick up a phone and say what they need to and be done...It drives me nuts when I see my daughter texting away a mile a minute, when really whever they are texting about could be said in a 2 min. phone conversation, but thanks honey for running up the phone bill!! And yes it is extremely dangerous to handle a cell phone at all while driving...A friend of mine wrecked her car recently, because her cell phone rang and while sitting there trying to dig it out of her purse, god forbid she dropped the phone then procceeded to try and pick it up off the floor board...then....BAM!!!! Sorry, but no phone call is worth putting myself and other innocent drivers in danger over...There is a such thing as voicemail, and caller id on cell phones, so if your driving and get a call, please be considerate of yourself and others and call whoever back when you get out of the car!!!!
In all seriousness...this is probably the best post I have read in a long time..I have to totally agree. What the hell is wrong with the telephone for one thing? And I would really like to buy myself a Hummer and drive right into every moron with a cell phone that is not paying attention and almost hitting me...I would really like to just floor it and ram their phone up their nose. Well i HAVE to disagree.........it is NOT the best post i read in a long time. It's one thing to have an opinion...its another to call people MORONS...posts in my opinion are NOT about attacking people...wrong or right...people text message.....and if thats the worse thing they do in life GOD bless em |
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« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2009, 10:18:37 PM » |
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« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2009, 10:31:07 PM » |
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In response to lips...sorry, like i said in my post , no offense to anyone and i'm not "attacking people"...maybe i should rephrase...............in response to nal....omg I can't tell you how many times i've been cut off, almost run off the road, sitting at green lights...and the list goes on and on.......and you look over at the idiot causing the problem and guess what their doing?  !! I can't believe how much people have grown dependant on cell phones, people have lifed for thousands of years without them, now everywhere you go you see people glued to them....I just heard on the radio about a poll they did and turns out that 90% of people would turn around and go home if they forgot ther cells....even if it meant being late for work...Who do you so desperately need to talk to at any given moment that you would risk your job over??? I don't get it!! |
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« Reply #19 on: August 06, 2009, 11:58:00 PM » |
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I love my cell phone, it has been a great invention, and it has saved me in
times where i needed to talk, stranded needing help, or just being able to
pick it up and call my daughter and say i love you anytime i want to,
even finding out she's okay where she is, we text each other and friends
all the time..sometimes 3000+ texts a month
But we are responsible with it, while driving we do not use them.
Before the warnings, before we knew the dangers, yes we did
I'm a textn' not a moron!
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« Reply #20 on: August 07, 2009, 02:24:00 AM » |
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the reason why those people who get into accidents texting while driving is because they never properly trained themselves. what? u think cuz u see someone else do it...that u can just do it too? when u first learn how to ride a bike...do head out straight for the busiest street or intersection?? NO! u go where there's no traffic - a side street or sidewalk with little or no obstructions. And finally when u no longer tilt over and fall for no reason or when u no longer hit the front brake first that had u flipping over the handle bars then maybe..u could venture out into more traffic. Driving with cell phone in hand and texting..there are mechanics and skills u need to learn..first practiced in the safety of your house on the sofa..before even daring to take on the road..first the thumb...it needs to be trained to be able to correctly hit each # with absolute accuracy...practice starting with #2 and hitting it once for an a and then 3 for a d...continue down the numbers clicking once until u get all the first letters that correspond with it's #key. After go back to #2..but click twice...bringing up the 2nd letter b..and just like before continue on but clicking each key twice to being up the 2nd letter...then go around again for the 3rd... Now the thumb and the brain need to co-ordinate together so begin the same practice as before for the thumb but now as you hit each key call out each letter without looking at the screen until you have completed the whole alphabet...so it goes somewhat like this; a d g j m p t w b c e h k n q u x c f i l o r v y s z now looking back at the screen..did you get all the letters correct and in this exact order? yes? - ok then you are good to gono? - and you actually thought you had the skills to text and drive? shame on you..if you can't even do that simple task..u are a deathtrap in the making if you even try to text and drive. put the phone away..and if its that important find somewhere to pull over...but walk away...far away from the vehicle before you start texting. |
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« Reply #21 on: August 07, 2009, 11:11:14 AM » |
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I know, Soda...like way back when it was cool to drink and drive too...
I taught everyone how to loosen up enough so NOT to spill there drinks...
When the bumps in the road come up you have to sway with them...move your arm up and down..up and down...won't spill a drop
Just as ludicris, but just as logical to me back then, I guess.
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« Reply #22 on: August 07, 2009, 12:17:21 PM » |
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the reason why those people who get into accidents texting while driving is because they never properly trained themselves. what? u think cuz u see someone else do it...that u can just do it too? when u first learn how to ride a bike...do head out straight for the busiest street or intersection?? NO! u go where there's no traffic - a side street or sidewalk with little or no obstructions. And finally when u no longer tilt over and fall for no reason or when u no longer hit the front brake first that had u flipping over the handle bars then maybe..u could venture out into more traffic. Driving with cell phone in hand and texting..there are mechanics and skills u need to learn..first practiced in the safety of your house on the sofa..before even daring to take on the road..first the thumb...it needs to be trained to be able to correctly hit each # with absolute accuracy...practice starting with #2 and hitting it once for an a and then 3 for a d...continue down the numbers clicking once until u get all the first letters that correspond with it's #key. After go back to #2..but click twice...bringing up the 2nd letter b..and just like before continue on but clicking each key twice to being up the 2nd letter...then go around again for the 3rd...
Now the thumb and the brain need to co-ordinate together so begin the same practice as before for the thumb but now as you hit each key call out each letter without looking at the screen until you have completed the whole alphabet...so it goes somewhat like this;
a d g j m p t w b c e h k n q u x c f i l o r v y s z
now looking back at the screen..did you get all the letters correct and in this exact order?
yes? - ok then you are good to go
no? - and you actually thought you had the skills to text and drive? shame on you..if you can't even do that simple task..u are a deathtrap in the making if you even try to text and drive. put the phone away..and if its that important find somewhere to pull over...but walk away...far away from the vehicle before you start texting.
Soda....i passed the test........so i am good to go!!! You crack me up......you got a talent and i bet ya don't even know it!! Lips |
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« Reply #23 on: August 07, 2009, 09:11:43 PM » |
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If you read your drivers manuals, you would know that you should not even be holding anything when you are driving, i.e. food or drink...both hands are supposed to be on the wheel at 10 o'clock and and 2 o'clock. This is obviously not enforced with a can of coke etc. but I think when it comes down to putting peoples lives in danger, cutting them in half, killing them,...maybe its time they ought to take another look.
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« Reply #25 on: August 08, 2009, 01:25:29 AM » |
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u are a deathtrap in the making if you even try to text and drive. put the phone away..and if its that important find somewhere to pull over...but walk away...far away from the vehicle before you start texting.
Very good advice, walk far away from the vehicle.. reason: Someone while driving and texting might hit you in your parked car while you are pulled over to be safe with your own texting.. |
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« Reply #27 on: August 08, 2009, 10:14:47 AM » |
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What would really solve the problem is to have voice activated....hands free texting! Hmmmm....i think i am on to something....if only i could figure it out how to create the program.....i'd be in clover.....wink!!!
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« Reply #28 on: August 08, 2009, 01:59:00 PM » |
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Well they already have it where you can text to landline, the landline
reads the text in voice to be heard when you answer the phone..
Now if that could just be reversed....
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