i dont think this post has any business on this site and is no direct relation to this site --- Tony VE6MVP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 11:52 AM 2007-01-30 -0500, you wrote: > > >I cannot believe how incredibly stupid legislators > are. The problem is > >NOT with using a cell phone, or anything else. The > problem is that (1) > >these people are CRAPPY drivers, and do not belong > on the road in the > >first place, and (2) driver's education in the is > country is > >ridiculously horrible! Testing needs to be made > MUCH tougher. How about > >doing something about THAT??? > > > >It ticks me off when I see these people that insist > on talking with > >their hands, holding the phone in one hand and > waving the other around > >while driving, not even looking at the road. And > you know darned well > >they are just 'rag-chewing'. > > I somewhat agree with you. However, in my opinion, > the problem really is > that folks are concentrating too much on the > telephone. Be it social > jibber jabber, talking/arguing with the boss, > spouse, girl/boy friend, > etc. I once had a technically heavy conversation > with a client while > driving on the freeway and thinking later that I had > severe tunnel vision > and reacted poorly to one situation. So now I > ensure my cell phone > conversations are much "lighter" in content. > > However how do you legislate this? > > Besides I seldom use the cell phone anyhow. I don't > have any traffic > tieups on my 12 minute daily commute so I'm quite > fortunate in that sense. > > Tony ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited
