Warning speed traps in the morning
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MMM_donuts
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Well, I think distracted driving means all distracted driving, not just texting. For example, I'm thankful that cd's have gone away. I was a serious danger to everyone else on the road if I felt compelled to select another and try to change it while driving.
bcp
In My Opinion
and it should not be limited to texting.
playing with the CD player (guilty at times)
Eating while driving (guilty even when towing at times,, Hey Im fat, its a requirement)
playing with the GPS (guilty at times)
I think that texting and playing with the GPS are the closest as far as length of time playing with something.
Difference is that when one plays with the GPS it usually only for a couple seconds out of however long the ride is the where they are going. The texting is on going, read a text, send a text, read text send a text and on and on.
Vince
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I do about 50/55 down 235 to the base in the AM. Cops don't bother me, but then I see the same people going 
by me going who knows how fast. And you get to recognize the same cars every morning either tailgating you because you're not going fast enough for them or going around you at the speed of light because they're always in a hurry to get to that next stoplight a whole 5 seconds before me. 
by me going who knows how fast. And you get to recognize the same cars every morning either tailgating you because you're not going fast enough for them or going around you at the speed of light because they're always in a hurry to get to that next stoplight a whole 5 seconds before me.
bcp
In My Opinion
Some of us poor people still have to use that prehistoric method of playing music in their horse pulled buggies.
MMM_donuts
New Member
I guess I don't really understand how they'd reasonably enforce the distracted driving stuff. I mean, until you do something crazy like crossing a lane or rear-end someone, then you haven't truly done anything wrong, right? And then there's already a law for whatever you did wrong, like crossing that lane or whatever. So, how do they know unless you told them? Which, we would be idiots to actually do.
MMM_donuts
New Member
Really!?!
Well.....maybe they just went away for me, since I am unable to properly negotiate a music change while driving
MrZ06
I love Texas Road House
really? I almost never see any accidents on the way to work. So obviously the morning enforcement has nothing to do with accident reduction. I did see 3 or 4 cars pulled over along 235 on my 8 mile commute to work.
glhs837
Power with Control
Thats why I said distracted driving, not texting. Your precious snowflakes in the backseat? They will survive just fine if you dont spin backwards to prop their bottle or change Veggie Tales to the next chapter.
I'm not against doing other things while driving. Pilots, after all, navigate and communicate and operate machines much more complex than the average car every single day. At 200-300 mph. It's not that you cannot do things other than steer and add throttle and brakes as needed. But you absolutely MUST know WHEN you can safely do so. And when you must shed tasks as needed to focus on other stuff.
We dont teach real driving, and them we expect folks to do it well. How stupid is that. You want professional grade driving? Teach it. Expect it. Demand no less than that.
I'm not against doing other things while driving. Pilots, after all, navigate and communicate and operate machines much more complex than the average car every single day. At 200-300 mph. It's not that you cannot do things other than steer and add throttle and brakes as needed. But you absolutely MUST know WHEN you can safely do so. And when you must shed tasks as needed to focus on other stuff.
We dont teach real driving, and them we expect folks to do it well. How stupid is that. You want professional grade driving? Teach it. Expect it. Demand no less than that.
DEEKAYPEE8569
Well-Known Member
seriously? the ONLY reason for no texting while driving is for revenue?
You cant see any other reason? none at all?
I dont think the fine is high enough for this.
Well then, I retract my previous statement.....kinda.....
What I should have said was, it's primarily a safety issue.
Well, No kidding.
The part that just floors me is that many people THINK they are capable of texting and driving.
I don't care HOW well you can walk and chew gum or otherwise multi-task; you cannot safely text and drive.
Ever try to read a now antiquated roadmap and drive? Same principle.
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MrZ06
I love Texas Road House
I am in awe at the number of people who drive in the passing lane and never move over so others can pass. Especially when there are no cars in front of them.
DEEKAYPEE8569
Well-Known Member
The same could be said for handgun purchases from a gun store.
You are required to watch a tape. One difference, a car weighs A LOT more.
But this is a topic for another thread.
DEEKAYPEE8569
Well-Known Member
Those folks are the one's that MIGHT be turning left somewhere.
Personally, I would rather they do that, than cut me off to go three lanes over to make a left turn.
But, does local law enforcement ever write citations for "impeding traffic flow"? I'm betting, not as many as they could be.
TPD
the poor dad
This is one of my pet peeves - move over people!!!
MrZ06
I love Texas Road House
No there not. They are just inconsiderate idiots. I have been stuck for miles behind the dumb dumbs.
DEEKAYPEE8569
Well-Known Member
That's when you blow by 'em in the right lane. :shrug:
bcp
In My Opinion
No, I think he may be talking about me.
lets say Im on a road that has two lanes in my direction, and the right lane has entrance and exit points all along it.
I will hang in the left lane so I dont have to keep slowing down and speeding up. I move right just before my exit (maybe a mile back). While in the left, I might do 5 over. There are some people that think its the law that I move for them. Its not.
or, Im on the highway, three lanes, right most lane has the on/off ramps. (see above) cars in the center lane are moving below the speed limit, or I feel like going 5 over. (Im such a rebel) So I move to the left and start passing those in the middle, of course, Im not passing them at 100 mph so the guy that wants to, thinks I should pull into the slower lane and accomadate his need for unsafe driving. I dont.
and in line with that, lets say that some scrotum breath is driving at 80 in a 55, he expects the guy in front doing 60 to slow down and slip right to the slower traffic. But, if he is doing 80, and the traffic to the right is doing 55, and someone comes up behind him at 90, does he slow to 55 and move right?