You can't even text and walk

[Still-One]

Honolulu is preparing to make it illegal to text while crossing a street. It has become pretty bad when we need a law to protect people from their own stupidity.

[crwilli]

While I can't necessarily point out any specifics, I think there is a long history of laws that protect those that Darwin felt were natural casualties.

[djwhog]

Now if we can stop deer in wy from jumping in front of my truck on the highway with a speed limit of 70


Guess they were here 1st.

Good post Dan could not Agree more, most people can't even drive to start with add talking and or texting geez. Had a guy weaving doing 20 in a 55 zone just mast week clueless

[jdandy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtQ9H1MrrPo

[JMAC]

I believe that I posted these somewhere here before. No doubt the result of inattention on the other driver's part. She "customized" my 350 Z about 6 years ago while I was sitting in it. I was sitting in it while she was going the posted speed (65) or more because I was in the middle 2-way turn lane of 5 lanes on a state highway. I was instantly unconscious, thankfully, and had a concussion and 2 broken ribs from the belt. I was airlifted by the CHP to the nearest town with a neurological trauma unit.

[jdandy]

John.......That is horrible. Thank God you survived. It is a tragedy that innocent people have to suffer at the hands of careless inconsiderate idiots. I am glad you are still among the living.

You said "she". Makes me curious about the gender statistics of texting accident perpetrators. I have a gut feeling that women cause more texting accidents than men based on my personal experience witnessing drivers texting. Now we also have numskulls live-streaming to Facebook while driving.

[crwilli]

Originally Posted by jdandy

John.......That is horrible. Thank God you survived. It is a tragedy that innocent people have to suffer at the hands of careless inconsiderate idiots. I am glad you are still among the living.

You said "she". Makes me curious about the gender statistics of texting accident perpetrators. I have a gut feeling that women cause more texting accidents than men based on my personal experience witnessing drivers texting. Now we also have numskulls live-streaming to Facebook while driving.

...while doing triple digit speeds!

[vintage_tube]

Glad you are around today Sir. You were damn lucky.

Best

Bob

Happened to me and my best friend on 14th Street Bridge in DC -- his brand new Toyota Supra while stopped at a red light -- a DUI driver --hit us from behind at estimated 45MPH. We were just as fortunate too -- bad memories though as neither of us blacked out.

[JMAC]

Thank you. She was 24, I think. I never met her. She was driving a jeep Wrangler like the one I had years ago. It caught on fire and ended up on it's side. I just ammended my original post because I forgot to say that the speed limit was 65 and she was going at least that fast and I was at a stop and waiting (about 2 seconds) to turn. Apparently, she was pretty much unharmed, but went to, I think, the hospital that was just 2 miles away.

[GaryProtein]

Here's another:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjVAC_vpzSI

I don't want to say they all deserved their falls, but they deserved their falls.

I feel very sorry for all the innocent people to whom the texters caused injury.