gumbo
FIGHT CLUB !
It seems like every time I turn on the news, there is a report of another tragic death of a teen age driver.
As an owner of a body shop, the stories I hear of teen age drivers hitting my customers has multiplied by 10 in the last couple of years.
Today.. I was slapped right in the face with exactly what the problem is when a teen age girl chased me back into the shop today with her car.
I am located in the middle of the north and south bound lanes of rt 5 in the intersection of rt 236.
Today a young lady talking on a cell phone while driving turned right heading north in the south bound lane of rt 5 into on coming traffic.
Right in front of my shop.
As I was witnessing this act of stupidity, I started waving my arms and screaming at her that shes going the wrong way.
No luck , she just kept yakking on the phone with out a care in the world or regards for any one else.
Apparently the traffic light on rt 6 just turned green as she turned right on rt 5 in the south bound lanes.
As she is heading north about 20 to 30 cars met her head on heading south. Everyone is slamming on brakes, swerving to the left and to the right trying to get away from her.
While this is going on I'm in total shock of what I'm seeing.
Nooooooooooooo! Not that she is going the wrong way,but because,.... believe it or not I see this act of stupidity at least once a week.
But it's the fact that this dumb ass young b!tch never stopped talking on the phone.
She kept talking like nothing even happened during the whole incident.
Luckily no one hit her and all the cars had cleared, so as I stand there with my arms in the air screaming WTF is wrong with you, she flips a U turn heading towards me still talking on the cell and all most runs me over.
Like I said at the start of this thread..It all hit me.. The things my customers have been saying..This dumb little b!tch and the friends of mine that are tow truck drivers.
It's text messaging.. These kids use up their phone minutes or don't want to use them up so they text and read text while driving.
This is why they are running down into ditches, mail boxes, trees, off the road, into on coming traffic, into the backs of other cars and so on.
And to top it off they are speeding while texting.
There is not a doubt in my mind that text messaging and cell phones in general is the major contributor to teen age accidents, and adults too.
DWI and DUI laws where passed to protect the general public because of deaths and to protect us from un necessary harm.
Now I don't know about the rest of you... but I'm more comfortable driving on the road with people that have had a few drinks than I am with people text messaging and reading navigation devices.
Fact is! At least the person under the influence is looking where they are going and paying attention to what they are doing.
Personally I believe that people texting should be subject to the same penalties and fines as the person having a couple of drinks.
As an owner of a body shop, the stories I hear of teen age drivers hitting my customers has multiplied by 10 in the last couple of years.
Today.. I was slapped right in the face with exactly what the problem is when a teen age girl chased me back into the shop today with her car.
I am located in the middle of the north and south bound lanes of rt 5 in the intersection of rt 236.
Today a young lady talking on a cell phone while driving turned right heading north in the south bound lane of rt 5 into on coming traffic.
Right in front of my shop.
As I was witnessing this act of stupidity, I started waving my arms and screaming at her that shes going the wrong way.
No luck , she just kept yakking on the phone with out a care in the world or regards for any one else.
Apparently the traffic light on rt 6 just turned green as she turned right on rt 5 in the south bound lanes.
As she is heading north about 20 to 30 cars met her head on heading south. Everyone is slamming on brakes, swerving to the left and to the right trying to get away from her.
While this is going on I'm in total shock of what I'm seeing.
Nooooooooooooo! Not that she is going the wrong way,but because,.... believe it or not I see this act of stupidity at least once a week.
But it's the fact that this dumb ass young b!tch never stopped talking on the phone.
She kept talking like nothing even happened during the whole incident.
Luckily no one hit her and all the cars had cleared, so as I stand there with my arms in the air screaming WTF is wrong with you, she flips a U turn heading towards me still talking on the cell and all most runs me over.
Like I said at the start of this thread..It all hit me.. The things my customers have been saying..This dumb little b!tch and the friends of mine that are tow truck drivers.
It's text messaging.. These kids use up their phone minutes or don't want to use them up so they text and read text while driving.
This is why they are running down into ditches, mail boxes, trees, off the road, into on coming traffic, into the backs of other cars and so on.
And to top it off they are speeding while texting.
There is not a doubt in my mind that text messaging and cell phones in general is the major contributor to teen age accidents, and adults too.
DWI and DUI laws where passed to protect the general public because of deaths and to protect us from un necessary harm.
Now I don't know about the rest of you... but I'm more comfortable driving on the road with people that have had a few drinks than I am with people text messaging and reading navigation devices.
Fact is! At least the person under the influence is looking where they are going and paying attention to what they are doing.
Personally I believe that people texting should be subject to the same penalties and fines as the person having a couple of drinks.
It wasnt a teenager, it was an adult. 
