Pedestrian with cell phone :)
(title should be: texting pedestrian)
06-10-17, 05:47 AM
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BTW Texas finally made texting while driving, illegal. It just took the deaths of a group of bus riders to finally get this to pass.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.wfaa....-law/446402851
And yet some still diagree...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...ates/98503644/
The former governor of Texas, Rick Perry, said that such a law was "micromanaging adults." Perhaps, but when adults cannot well manage themselves, no doubt someone has to do it for them. Or the results end up like this:
DPS: Pickup driver admits to texting, taking medication before crashing into church bus | KLEW
https://www.google.com/amp/www.wfaa....-law/446402851
And yet some still diagree...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...ates/98503644/
The former governor of Texas, Rick Perry, said that such a law was "micromanaging adults." Perhaps, but when adults cannot well manage themselves, no doubt someone has to do it for them. Or the results end up like this:
DPS: Pickup driver admits to texting, taking medication before crashing into church bus | KLEW
06-10-17, 05:51 AM
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No doubt, in spite of the video in the OP, and the varous other videos on the net that show people doing dumb things while distracted while texting... some still believe it is OK to text and drive.
06-10-17, 08:53 AM
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Really? Can YOU quote/cite ANYBODY stating that he/she believes "it is OK to text and drive"?
06-10-17, 09:14 AM
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Had to get the attention of someone walking, with an umbrella , not watching anything but their phone.
06-10-17, 10:22 AM
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Also some surveys have been done of teen drivers who admit to texting and driving... so apparently they too thought it was OK to do.
According to AAA, 46% percent of all teenage drivers admit to text messaging while driving, and that says nothing of the teens who won’t own up to the practice. 51% admit to talking on the cell phone while driving, though most of us who know teens would probably estimate that figure to be closer to 99%.
Even the sites out there on the web that say texting and driving laws should not exist, still believe that texting is distracting... they just want drivers to hold the phones up to eye level, so it is obvious who is doing it.
You see, before driving while texting became illegal, motorists didn’t have to hide the activity. Even if they performed texting in plain view of a police officer while driving through a school zone, there was nothing the police could do. But things have changed. Now that the practice is illegal, people keep their phones hidden while they text and drive. So now, instead of the phone being up above the steering wheel where drivers can still see the road, they hold the phone down by their lap or under the steering wheel. This allows them to read or write a text out of view from the police.
Oh, just for you... I did find this...
Report: Texting While Driving Okay If You Look Up Every Couple Seconds - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
06-10-17, 10:33 AM
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What if she was J-walking and suddenly emerged from between parked cars in front of one of us, or walked toward the wheel of a 18 wheeler that is about to move, or a dozing alligator.
06-10-17, 11:28 AM
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06-10-17, 11:44 AM
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Believe it or not, a pedestrian can be held accountable for an auto incident...
06-10-17, 12:41 PM
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No need for a quote/cite of somebody stating it, as so many demonstrate their belief by their daily actions of texting while driving.
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Letting me down Texas, i thought they would have considered getting rid of the seat belt law
06-10-17, 01:54 PM
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It would be the same situation in the film we all saw when we took driving lessons showing the little boy chasing after a ball that rolled onto the road in front of you while you were driving. You yield and give the right of way.
06-10-17, 01:59 PM
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https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2012/03/survey-reveals-top-gripes-among-drivers/index.htm?userWantsFull=true
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/viewfinder.expedia.com/news/expedia-2015-road-rage-report-texters-enrage-fellow-drivers-most-edging-tailgaters-and-left-lane-hogs-on-list-of-most-deplorable-driver-behaviors/amp/
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Using your line of reasoning, anybody and everybody who commits a crime, breaks the law, or does any anti-social act at all from being obnoxious, using excessively loud or obscene language in public, to child abuse, to committing mass murder, whatever the motivation or reason (or lack of any reason) must believe such acts are OK. After all they do it don't they?
06-10-17, 02:26 PM
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Of course there is no need to quote anybody about what they actually believe, when you can guess and fabricate their beliefs for them and use such statements of belief as the basis of a strawman argument.
06-10-17, 03:16 PM
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Of course there is a reason neither you nor anybody else can quote anyone making the statement about believing that texting is OK while driving. It is your strawman argument, obviously shared by others of your self righteous ilk who claim to know all about what other people believe and why they do what they do or don't do.
Using your line of reasoning, anybody and everybody who commits a crime, breaks the law, or does any anti-social act at all from being obnoxious, using excessively loud or obscene language in public, to child abuse, to committing mass murder, whatever the motivation or reason (or lack of any reason) must believe such acts are OK. After all they do it don't they?
Using your line of reasoning, anybody and everybody who commits a crime, breaks the law, or does any anti-social act at all from being obnoxious, using excessively loud or obscene language in public, to child abuse, to committing mass murder, whatever the motivation or reason (or lack of any reason) must believe such acts are OK. After all they do it don't they?
Of course one has to ask, what exactly is your belief as to why someone would do something such as the items you mentioned, if they didn't believe that either it was OK, or that they would get away with it... this time. And "even getting away with it" implies a certain knowledge of "wrongdoing."
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06-10-17, 03:47 PM
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It's hard, many of them are dead and cannot testify.
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PS This kind of posting isn't much better than those about guns, and should have a bike in it somewhere. That and it was all over the news, why make a spectator sport of it?
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06-10-17, 03:51 PM
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Her sons said she had vision disability, and was looking at the phone to see what time it was when she fell.
'“My mother has poor eyesight from cataracts and multiple surgeries,” he wrote in a posting that has since been removed. “She’s a strong woman who likes to do things on her own like going out for a walk even with her disabilities. Anyone who has met my mom knows this.”'
Texting lady tumbles through open sidewalk doors | New York Post
06-10-17, 04:41 PM
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Maybe not if a cyclist hit her. From what I read, the family is seeking "legal counsel". Let's see if NJ will have to pay $$$$$$ for this.
Her sons said she had vision disability, and was looking at the phone to see what time it was when she fell.
'“My mother has poor eyesight from cataracts and multiple surgeries,” he wrote in a posting that has since been removed. “She’s a strong woman who likes to do things on her own like going out for a walk even with her disabilities. Anyone who has met my mom knows this.”'
Texting lady tumbles through open sidewalk doors | New York Post
Her sons said she had vision disability, and was looking at the phone to see what time it was when she fell.
'“My mother has poor eyesight from cataracts and multiple surgeries,” he wrote in a posting that has since been removed. “She’s a strong woman who likes to do things on her own like going out for a walk even with her disabilities. Anyone who has met my mom knows this.”'
Texting lady tumbles through open sidewalk doors | New York Post
But that doesn't mean that "the distracted" won't still manage to fall.
Do note there is a barrier... She trips over it.
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Makes one wonder, eh?
Of course one has to ask, what exactly is your belief as to why someone would do something such as the items you mentioned, if they didn't believe that either it was OK, or that they would get away with it... this time. And "even getting away with it" implies a certain knowledge of "wrongdoing."
Of course one has to ask, what exactly is your belief as to why someone would do something such as the items you mentioned, if they didn't believe that either it was OK, or that they would get away with it... this time. And "even getting away with it" implies a certain knowledge of "wrongdoing."
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What is your WAG as to why they do so?
I think this is well beyond being a strawman... people do text and some die doing so while driving... or they kill others. That is no strawman.
Here's one such story. Driver admitted to texting before crash in Texas, witness says - World - CBC News
and another: WA teen driver admits texting, FaceTiming and Snapchatting leadi - KPTV - FOX 12
and another: Driver in fatal crash says he was texting -- with voice feature - Chronicle-Telegram
and another: UPDATE: Trucker admits to texting in deadly crash that killed GSU students | WSAV-TV
and another... Grand jury charges driver who said she was texting before fatal crash
Strawmen, eh? Those people obviously said "OK" to texting while driving... they did it... and someone died. Strawman... not hardly. Reality.
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