texting and driving

[fastwin]

Again, no thread locking police smack-talk here, but police in my town just don't pull over the yahoo drivers and site them the way they used to. Lord knows they are busy and have some serious shit to attend to. But I wish my goofy city council would get all their budget woes straightened out and hire another 100 officers assigned to nothing but traffic duty. I live right by a big police sub-station so my area is crawling with law enforcement coming and going and I get to see them ignore some pretty obvious stuff every day. Scary...

[erkishhorde]

I seem to notice it more when I'm riding than when I'm driving. I guess because I'm paying closer attention to what the people around me are paying attention to.

The other day I saw a lady texting while driving. She was driving a beater civic with front end damage and the air bag had been removed, presumably used when she got the front end damage. And of course she was texting with her phone right there at the little hole in the steering wheel where her air bag used to be. Some people just don't learn.  

Another girl I saw I couldn't tell if she was texting and then made a call or just plain took forever to dial up the call in the first place. She was putting along hella slow in the #2 lane for like 2 minutes in congested traffic and then finally sped up and put the phone against her ear.  

Every time I want to kick these guys' car and honk my horn but I'm always worried that if I were to do something like that I would get creamed when it startles them and the jerk the wheel.   If I ever get a motion pro camera or something of the like I'm gonna film while I ride and post up videos on people texting while driving and try to put up their license plate numbers and address.

[redxblack]

just be careful. If you're focused on filming instead of riding, it may be counterproductive to the point you're trying to make.

I saw a woman reading a novel in traffic last week on my morning commute. I can only hope it was "Pirate Fabio."

[Kopfjäger]

  If I ever get a motion pro camera or something of the like I'm gonna film while I ride and post up videos on people texting while driving and try to put up their license plate numbers and address.

Yeah, That's a great idea. Pay attention to what other people are doing instead of riding. 

[Veloce-Fino]

Yeah, That's a great idea. Pay attention to what other people are doing instead of riding. 

I love riding with my LMT 5.56 on my back when headed to the range. Everyone is too busy doing a double take to see if thats really "a guy on a ducati with a rifle on his back" to be texting or doing whatever else.   

[DRKWNG]

I love riding with my LMT 5.56 on my back when headed to the range.  

Really?  Maybe not the smartest thing to be doing... 

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[LMT]

I have a version number!  LMT 5.6 baby!

[Porsche Monkey]

I'm in California this week.  Bus driver to the hotel from the airport was texting in traffic.  We almost rear ended someone.  I told her to put the damn phone down.

[Kopfjäger]

I love riding with my LMT 5.56 on my back when headed to the range. Everyone is too busy doing a double take to see if thats really "a guy on a ducati with a rifle on his back" to be texting or doing whatever else.   

[Veloce-Fino]

Really?  Maybe not the smartest thing to be doing...  

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It's not illegal? I live in the woods... it's a 5 min ride to the private range.


In response to the threads purpose in order to avoid thread jacking.

Texting and driving... bad.

*didn't fix the spelling mistake I didn't make.

[erkishhorde]

Yeah, That's a great idea. Pay attention to what other people are doing instead of riding. 

Doesn't take that long to see that someone is texting while driving. If you can't tell from a quick glance you should practice being aware of your surroundings without having to focus on them.

[DRKWNG]

It's not ilegal? I live in the woods... it's a 5 min ride to the private range.

[Veloce-Fino]

[ducpainter]

Yeah...

what's the issue?

My buddy rode from NH to FL with a shotgun strapped on his back.

He had to replace the shotgun because of the rain he encountered...but it's a free country.

biting your tongue now...eh? All coming from the same guy that thinks drums are a good toy for a 3 yo. [grin]

[DRKWNG]

Really?  Asking why I think it's unwise to ride with a long-arm strapped to your back?  Aside of the personal safety issue (you're right, it's a free country and you risk your own life every time you ride) there is the issue of accountability for such a weapon of an M4rgery.  You draw quite a bit of attention to yourself when cruising about with something like that in plain view, and there are MANY people out there that would be happy to take you out just to get their hands on that weapon and use it for ill purposes.