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Handsfree cellphone usage is just as dangerous as talking to someone in the passenger seat. Let's ban talking to others in cars! 
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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I realise you jest but that is the crux of the issue - We could make a long list of individual items to ban/prohibit or we could rely on the laws already on the books and charge drivers when whatever particular stupid thing they are doing results in careless driving. Don't punish the people perfectly capable of talking and driving just because some people can't manage it.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View PostHandsfree cellphone usage is just as dangerous as talking to someone in the passenger seat. Let's ban talking to others in cars!"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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Nobody thinks they're drunk and all think they can handle other outside influences just fine. It's always the other person.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Drunk isn't something they are doing Sloww. It is a physical condition - not the same."I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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no it's something they are being. i am drunk, you are on the phone, he is eating a 48" pizza etc.
sloww raises a valid point, as do you in post 19 wezil."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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Call it what you want but I can stop talking on the phone/eating pizza, etc. if I see a tricky bit of driving ahead. I can't stop being drunk.Originally posted by C0ckney View Postno it's something they are being. i am drunk, you are on the phone, he is eating a 48" pizza etc.
Get it yet?"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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You should consider talking to someone about that. The biggest step is admiting youve got a problem, good luck!Originally posted by Wezil View PostI can't stop being drunk.Safer worlds through superior firepowerComment
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Personally I'm against uniforms for truck drivers and cellphone use on schools.BlahComment
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which is true enough, although i wasn't being serious in that sentence.
the point that was raised by sloww though is that everyone thinks they can do these things safely while driving. that the other people doing them are the problem. there is good evidence that using a cellphone while driving leads to an increased risk of accidents. at the same time people are arrogant about their own abilities.
edit: x-post, was responding to wezil."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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Nope. The guy in the passenger seat is aware of the car's surroundings as well, while the guy on the phone isn't. Unless you are talking to the guy in the passenger seat through a cell phone, for whatever reason.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View PostHandsfree cellphone usage is just as dangerous as talking to someone in the passenger seat. Let's ban talking to others in cars!Indifference is BlissComment
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Originally posted by C0ckney View Post
Great. Then let's punish the people too stupid to realise they can't and leave the rest of us alone.
Some people are distracted by the radio while they drive yet I don't hear any calls for a car stereo ban."I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark TwainComment
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And what do you plan to tell the guys who end up killed or maimed by those? "Tough luck"?Originally posted by Wezil View PostIndifference is BlissComment
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yeah, i mean i've already addressed this in the rest of the post you quoted...Originally posted by Wezil View Post"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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