Drive Now. Talk Later

[kal1484]

I think we should just ban tourists from driving down here.....*glances*

But rubbernecking is the number one cause, and that's why so many people are dumb drivers down here, looking at everything but the road.

 

[barnum42]

What about women drivers doing their make-up in the rear view mirror whilst driving?

 

[Erika]

What about women drivers doing their make-up in the rear view mirror whilst driving?

I HATE THAT! And men shaving, just as bad.

 

[kal1484]

What about women drivers doing their make-up in the rear view mirror whilst driving?

I dunno how they can do that! Even if I need to fix my contact, I wait till a red light!

 

[barnum42]

I HATE THAT! And men shaving, just as bad.

Not seen the shaving thing I have to admit, but it does not surprise me.

 

[SpongeScott]

I HATE THAT! And men shaving, just as bad.

what about women shaving?

 

[Erika]

what about women shaving?

:lol: I've yet to see that one, but I'm sure they are out there!

 

[pinkrose]

What about women drivers doing their make-up in the rear view mirror whilst driving?

:lookaroun

 

[10 min. to wdw]

I can't tell you how many people I see every day that are driving very poorly while talking on cell phones

You have to keep in mind those same people may not be able to drive very well without talking on a cell phone.

Myself I have a hands free kit that I use, it works great and its just like you are talking to someone in the car.

 

[Yellow Shoes]

My understanding is that talking to a passenger is less distracting than talking on a phone because the passenger is also aware of the road conditions.

Any of you who regularly have a front-seat passenger know that when the situation gets hairy the conversation usually ends. And many of you also know the joy of having another "driver" in the front seat. ("Didn't you seethat semi???")

The person on the other end of the phone is not aware that you may have just swerved to avoid a deer, or that you are in the midst of a spill from a semi, or that you are in a road construction zone. Your passenger will.

All bets are off, of course, if you have children in the back seat.......

 

[Atta83]

I am always on hands free mode and my phone is mounted on soemthing where I can easily push to answer or to hang up. I am also more aware of the drivers around me and I can honestly say I have never missed a traffic signal due to the cell phone. Now right now with me hauling kids to and from school is more of a distraction with then either fighiting or crying than a cell phone.

 

[tigsmom]

Well, this obviously does not apply to me but there are many parents around here with 1 to 1 1/2 hour commutes to and from work each day. They definitely need to be reachable.

In this state they've re-worked the driving laws so that teen drivers are on a graduated system- for the first 6 months they can have only one other teen passenger, excluding family members. I wonder how long before they write cell phones into there.

We have graduated teen licenses here as well. And with Lil'mermaids driving skills she needs all the concentration she can muster ( ).

I live in commuter country and you rarely see a driver without a cell phone up to their ear (even though its against the law). Drivers are encouraged to pull over when using the phone, but it rarely happens. I can understand being in touch but lets make the call before we leave the office to check up on those at home.

I carry my phone with me at all times, but in all the years I've had it I've only made about 25 calls or so; for me its for emergency use only.

And why may I ask do people exercise and use the phone? Do they know how silly they look walking around the lake with the phone up to their ear?

 

[SpongeScott]

My understanding is that talking to a passenger is less distracting than talking on a phone because the passenger is also aware of the road conditions.

Any of you who regularly have a front-seat passenger know that when the situation gets hairy the conversation usually ends. And many of you also know the joy of having another "driver" in the front seat. ("Didn't you seethat semi???")

The person on the other end of the phone is not aware that you may have just swerved to avoid a deer, or that you are in the midst of a spill from a semi, or that you are in a road construction zone. Your passenger will.

All bets are off, of course, if you have children in the back seat.......

good points, but if I'm on the phone in the car and a situation happens that calls for quick thinking, I either go silent on the phone or I completely tune out the person on the phone and they then have to repeat themselves after I tell them what happened and as I clean myself up.

 

[monorail_man]

Great discussion everyone. What really drives me crazy is not only the talking and driving but the fact that people cant do ANYTHING without being on the dang phone.

Example when people come into our store. they cant put the phone down for 1 min long enough to let me check to movie out to them, take their money and make change, and tell them when it's due back.

Then without fail, a few days later they call us up and ask "When are my movies due back?" Well moron, if you would have gotten off that dang phone for a min you would have heard me tell you.



As for the question, "What’s the difference in talking on the phone or talking to people in the car, or a crying baby?"

Dateline did a thing a few years ago. They had a camera in this woman's car (this is not aginst women) and she had her child, not a baby, in the back seat. They counted that she took her eyes off the road 65 times within a 5 min time frame and at one time she spent 15 seconds straight looking into the rearview mirror talking to her child.

ALOT can happen in 15 seconds. Someone could stop short, a child could run out in front of you, and animal, ect. The point is not which is worse, talking on the phone, or not. the point is KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD

Hands free?? Well, they do help a little, IMO. They remove the factor of the driver having to hold the phone, so they can keep both hands on the wheel. But for some reason people seem to be more distracted talking to someone on a phone then in person.

Try it once. Just sit back and watch people while they are walking around a store, like Wal-Mart for example, Watch the people that are talking to someone next to them while pushing their cart around. they are more alert, and know what their looking for, ect. Now watch the person on the cell phone. They spend forever looking for an item that’s right in front of them, they push their cart slow and almost run into people.

So there is, for some reason, a difference in talking to someone in person, and on the phone.

 

[xfkirsten]

What about women drivers doing their make-up in the rear view mirror whilst driving?

Just as bad, if not worse! Doing that, they're not even looking at the road. :brick:

You have to keep in mind those same people may not be able to drive very well without talking on a cell phone.

True, but if they're that bad drivers in the first place, they should not be distracting themselves further. Some might think this a bit extreme, but I think that if you're that bad of a driver in the first place, you need to stop driving right now and learn all over again.

 

[10 min. to wdw]

True, but if they're that bad drivers in the first place, they should not be distracting themselves further. Some might think this a bit extreme, but I think that if you're that bad of a driver in the first place, you need to stop driving right now and learn all over again.

I completely 100% agree with that statement. I've never driven in San Diego or that area but I have done the Las Angles metro area and I would agree that traffic is worse there then anywhere else in the country. So maybe that area of California could use a ban on cell phones while driving, but I don't think it would work. In Orlando I don't find it to be as much of a problem except in some of the tourist area's.

 

[DisneyJill]

I once saw someone driving down the interstate reading a book. I swear, I couldn't make that up. Reading a book. Like, a novel. Had it resting on his steering wheel. I was baffled. :veryconfu

 

[LouDisney]

Ok, let me just say I thought I had seen it all, ppl eating, reading etc.. while driving, but one day I had a girl in front of me and I am NOT lying, driving, talking on her cell phone and looking in her visor mirror, twising her eyebrows.

On another note, I was hit one morning on my way to work, the girl ran a red light, she was talking on her cell phone. I have also been witness to ppl driving slower or swirving while talking on the phone.

I agree with what many of you have said, eating, having a conversation, kids screaming, all can be distracting and could cause a accident. I think people should just use caution and pay attention to their driving and to those around you.

 

[Tim G]

I once saw someone driving down the interstate reading a book. I swear, I couldn't make that up. Reading a book. Like, a novel. Had it resting on his steering wheel. I was baffled. :veryconfu

I see people reading a newspaper... So I'm not amazed anymore what people are doing behind the wheel...

 

[Number_6]

For myself, I have an earpiece that rests in my ear when I am driving and my phone is set to auto pick-up when it is opened. If I hear it ring(which when I am driving, I usually don't) I don't have to look for it, I just reach down and flip it open and start talking. Both hands are back on the wheel, and I am constantly checking my mirrors and speed. I don't generally call anyone, unless I am running late somewhere and need to let them know, but usually at that point I'm stuck in traffic and not moving, so I have the moment it takes to dial the number(or hit speed dial if that person's number is on there). The reason I have had most frequently for calling anyone, though, is if I am driving late at night(I've had to work until 2:30AM before) and I need to be able to stay awake and alert to get home safely, then I will call my wife and talk to her until I pull into the driveway. Otherwise, if my wife is with me, I just have her answer it and relay anything important to me. Plus, with kids in school, if there were an emergency then the school would have to be able to reach me when I am out of the house. If I happen to be in the car at the time, then the cell phone in the car would be the only way to reach me(just an example of what could be so important that you need to be able to be reached at all times).