Gamblin…Smoke and Fire

[isufbcurt]

"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that driving while texting is six times more dangerous than driving drunk. Reading or sending a text takes your eyes off the road for about five seconds."

And I see a metric ton of people with their phones in front of their faces, or their faces looking down at their laps, every single day. Texting, watching videos, whatever. WAY more than drunks on a daily basis.

I am not suggesting drunk driving is OK - it's not at all. But the distracted driving thing has got to be stopped. I saw a guy in traffic about a month ago, watching porn on his phone on his morning commute. Phone held way up, eye-high above the steering wheel.

Sorry to contribute to thread derailment...

Did he have both hands on the wheel?

 

[VeloClone]

"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that driving while texting is six times more dangerous than driving drunk. Reading or sending a text takes your eyes off the road for about five seconds."

And I see a metric ton of people with their phones in front of their faces, or their faces looking down at their laps, every single day. Texting, watching videos, whatever. WAY more than drunks on a daily basis.

I am not suggesting drunk driving is OK - it's not at all. But the distracted driving thing has got to be stopped. I saw a guy in traffic about a month ago, watching porn on his phone on his morning commute. Phone held way up, eye-high above the steering wheel.

Sorry to contribute to thread derailment...

I was going to post this if someone didn't beat me to it. I see a ton of people who are holier-than-thou about just over the limit OWIs but don't give texting or surfing behind the wheel a second thought.

I personally believe that device use while driving has become a bigger menace to traffic safety than drunk driving has. It is so common that you can rarely drive more than a couple of miles without seeing it and you can generally identify it by erratic driving before you can see that is what the driver is doing.

It is illegal in Minnesota but still so common it is unreal.

 

[isufbcurt]

So, what's everybody thinking about that gambling thing?

Completely forgot about it since it's moving so slow

 

[Al_4_State]

"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that driving while texting is six times more dangerous than driving drunk. Reading or sending a text takes your eyes off the road for about five seconds."

And I see a metric ton of people with their phones in front of their faces, or their faces looking down at their laps, every single day. Texting, watching videos, whatever. WAY more than drunks on a daily basis.

I am not suggesting drunk driving is OK - it's not at all. But the distracted driving thing has got to be stopped. I saw a guy in traffic about a month ago, watching porn on his phone on his morning commute. Phone held way up, eye-high above the steering wheel.

Sorry to contribute to thread derailment...

There's no doubt it's more dangerous. But it will never be as severely punished as OWI because texting is viewed as a necessary part of daily life, and alcohol is a vice. And in America, we ratchet up punishments if a vice is involved.

 

[CyFanInChiLand]

Still no news....

But I got to learn a whole lot of nothing about DUIs

 

[CRcyclone6]

So, what's everybody thinking about that gambling thing?

Odds are we will still be wondering by dinner time

 

[CoachHines3]

i usually just drive drunk with my lights off

usually they cant see you that way

 

[CaposCy]

i usually just drive drunk with my lights off

usually they cant see you that way

Stop Yamanashi!

 

[mred]

i usually just drive drunk with my lights off

usually they cant see you that way

 

[06_CY]

I saw a guy in traffic about a month ago, watching porn on his phone on his morning commute. Phone held way up, eye-high above the steering wheel.

My bad...

 

[CYCLNST8]

My bad...

If you drive a manual transmission, I respect your skillz.

 

[CyPack]

Wasn't this thread about the gambling allegations for ISU players or did I stumble into the wrong thread?

 

[1100011CS]

Wasn't this thread about the gambling allegations for ISU players or did I stumble into the wrong thread?

No, it's a thread about the new season of Game of Thrones.

 

[MartyFine]

Wasn't this thread about the gambling allegations for ISU players or did I stumble into the wrong thread?

 

[cycloner29]

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I just stumbled down a crevasse.......and all I can hear is a motorboat.

 

[CRcyclone6]

No, it's a thread about the new season of Game of Thrones.

And other driving related violations and how bad they are.

 

[Clonefan94]

I wish there were laws against derailing threads.

 

[tim_redd]

I wish there were laws against derailing threads.

kick any athlete derailers off the team

 

[dtISU]

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Perfect timing. Thank you and God Bless.
Now - what were we talking about?

 

[VeloClone]

I wish there were laws against derailing threads.

There are no laws but you can lose a year of NCAA eligibility.