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cVillain iPhone owners, your TIME IS UP.
The Washington Post recently ran an article which explains that Virginia legislators are trying to ban texting with driving; not to be confused with the highly recommended TUIs (Typing Under the Influence), DWT (Driving While Texting) is pretty dangerous, according to some. James Scott (politician) explained:
I frankly did not even realize that one could do that and drive, but I learned quickly from my younger daughter, who assured me that it’s very easy to do.
What, you are taking safety lessons from your underage daughter who (if under 18) is texting illegally. I think this is a joke. Texting is insanely popular and if recent predictions mean anything, worldwide text messages will surpass 2 trillion messages in 2008.
That’s a lot of texts. I’ve noticed that I’m texting a lot more recently and I’ve I definitely do it while driving. Would a ban stop me? No. Would a ban stop you? Is it more dangerous than talking?
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- Virginia Texting While Driving Ban Starts July 1
- Virginia Senate Passes Bill Banning Teenage Use of Cellphones while Driving
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OMG!! GNNA CRSH ATM – BRB
Texting and cell phone use while driving should be and will be banned.
LAWLS
Heh. Good one, BYo.
Maybe it’s because I have enough to keep track of while driving a stick shift car, but I can’t imagine how one could text and drive at the same time. Thor, are you mainly doing this at stop lights?
O FK I JST HT A CRPPL….
Floozy joined the PoPo!
I TXT IN CAR ALL TIME
a couple years ago I was obsessed with MyDeathSpace.com and one obituary stated a girl flipped her car off a cliff while texting. of course, one of the first comments was LOL TOTALLY OMG CLIFF
i text in car. Poll anyone?
I think there are speech to text phones, I’m sure iphone will come up with that soon too.
ask and ye shall receive
Okay Thor… GET ME A FRIGGIN’ IPHONE
don’t do it cayr, just call me
thor i heart you.
floozy, I’ve been told I give good phone.
Texting is hard on a traditional phone, but I have been known to glance at the blackberry when at a stop light (full keyboards rock).
my old phone supported DWT much better than my new one. i was able to compose complete novellas while driving (which i often did) and barely even glancing at the screen. the new one, not so much. i only do it if i feel that i must (which is a crock. you can ALWAYS pull over) or i can’t call someone.
Yes, please pull over. I like all my bones and such where they are. I’d be so sore (rimshot, please!) at you if you ran me down mid-LOL.
If I text while driving, inevitably, the auto word fill-in will say, “Fun might going good to bed.”
That coming from someone who bikes to work and walks almost everywhere in town. I spend a lot of time on the streets at a severe physics disadvantage to all of you in cars who aren’t paying any attention.
F=m(a) [Force = mass x acceleration]
that just means you were drunk. and driving.
It’s as much to stop the people who both smoke and text while they drive. Some phone and smoke while driving a stick shift, and very rarely I will see people reading a book while driving.
Well, lillith… it might.
i once saw someone on 81 watching TV while driving
the worst are people who smoke in bed. if i wanted to sleep in a smoky bar i’d go to millers and just… go to sleep in the bar.
i forgot what we were talking about.
I drive a stick, drunk and naked while texting floozy erotic fiction in Finnish while smoking cigars and trimming my nose hairs. But only on third street (less traffic).
Could we, you know, combine the “while driving” poll with the “third base” poll… just cuz, well… oh nevermind.
I remember a study a few years back that suggested TALKING on the phone while driving impaired the driver as much as a .08 BAL. I can only imagine what texting brings it up to. I think the hands-free devices are hilarious. I’m not a bad driver while on the phone because I’m distracted by holding my phone next to my ear. I’m a bad driver while on the phone because I’m distracted by what I’m doing next Tuesday… or whatever else is going on in the conversation. I think its about time humans were taken out of the driving equation.
tangent- I once saw a guy on the corner jogging while talking on a bluetooth.
BYo, you’re already on record as doing that in bed, too. With giraffes watching.
I like to be efficient with my time. I used to trim my toenails while driving. Then one day the clippers slid off the dash out the window when I made a sharp turn. I called it an omen and stopped that nonsense. Now I just text people about how long my toenails are.
I know this is supposed to be a serious joint, where all our opinions are all so deadly serious and informative. But Ive got cube fever, and very little to lose so fuk it. Sillies it is.
I made that giraffe blush and turn his head, btw. Wuss.
Where in the world are the freaks?
i can’t text while driving because i text in full words and sentences, and auto-fill does me no good. i’ll happily pull over, or wait until later, or, um, call the person who texted (which probably annoys them, because if they’re like me they texted precisely BECAUSE they didn’t want to have an actual conversation).
how do people feel about city bus drivers on cell phones whilst driving?
i remember when fiddling with knobs* was considered distracting enough. sheesh.
*on the radio, you dirty people
Actually, it’s possible for me to go out at night and not get drunk. I know, it’s shocking and disappointing, but it’s true.
So Buster’s a Brit!
*hangs head in shame*
i’m not a brit, but i happily thieve their words. british english sounds so much cooler. (i myself just noticed that i used the proper american ‘while’ in my first sentence. dang.) believe me, this habit was nearly impossible to break when i actually visited london a few years ago, and i’ve a really embarrassing story from high school in which my terrible cockney impersonation got me into trouble with the parents of a boy i was pursuing. i’m not telling it here, though.
i understand if you want to smack me for being a charlatan. be warned, however, i like it a little rough. wait, what?
So Buster’s busted.
I text while driving, but I shouldn’t. I’ve definitely had some close calls. So I think the ban is probably a great idea.
And a shout out to buster for using English when texting. There’s nothing I hate more than getting emails, texts, and IMs from people with that annoying shorthand (the exception being lol…that is allowed, albeit infrequently).
ba-dum chhh. (love ya, byo!)
tim, i concur. few things slide the cheese off my cracker more than the letter U or the combination UR when perfectly cromulent words exist that are a mere two extra keystrokes away. grrr. argh!
Cromulent! You said “cromulent”! *swoon* I dearly love all things Simpsons.
I go weak for a texted happy face or exclamation point from a man. Nothing’s worse than setting plans with a guy with the “excited to see you tonight!” and getting “cool c u” or the blow-offy “later.” Do you want to get laid or not, guys? Anyone else not a fan of “kewl”?
A good response, by the way, would be “Is it 7 yet?
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People in my stupid fucking generation are starting to use internet chat slang in the workplace.
I feel for you, but it’s nice to know that when you’re competing for jobs with those people, they’ll probably still do that. Also, reading nothing but humorless e-mails would kill me. Etiquette is miserable these days, so it’s easy to stand out as a well-mannered, pleasant person.
NIFOC!
i know, gross.
It’s good to hear that some of that ridiculous shorthand bothers other people too! I also try to text/IM/communicate in general with correct grammar. I read somewhere that kids were starting to make the mistake of using ‘u’ and ‘ur’ in papers and whatnot just because they were used to it. I thought that was kind of sad.
i made TG swoon! i love a good swoon! *swoon*
fiddlesticks… now we’re both stuck on the floor. oh well, it’s close enough to bedtime anyways.
How can anyone text while drinking a martini, smoking, and shifting. That’s what I wanna know
Is it 7 yet?
I knew Charlottesville was cosmopolitan, but not that we text each other in Greek. Hurrah for multiculturalism!
I say “OMG!” all the time. But I say it ironically, so it’s cool.
And I text while driving because I feel like if I’m on the phone, all the other drivers are looking at me going, “What an asshole! Talking on the phone and driving!”
Lillith….I’m freaking pissed. I now have “I Feel for You” in my head. Chaka Khan. Chaka Khan. Chaka Khan. Thanks. I try to skim this nonsense. Crap. The whole song mind you.
The other day some lady was driving in front of me not using her blinkers and driving like a big nerd burglar…turns out, she was on her phone. So i called her out on it when she parked and she got all mad. Who am i to tell her not to drive while on a phone? So i told her i’d follow her home and text message the whole way and hopefully not rear end her. Long story short…i rear ended her. Mission accomplished!
Buk….Was it good for you?
In the words of my short friend seamus the leprachaun, it was magically delicious. I got a ticket for talking on my phone in NY, so now i only text and read books while driving.
y’all are probably joking about reading books while driving (i think) but i’m in miami now & i saw one. she was swerving all over the place. funny, cause i didn’t think people here even read books. & yeah, i used to teach community college & the students write “c” & “u” & “l8r” & all that crap in their papers.
Bring it!
31: sometimes the freaks are busy elsewhere, but certain to return.
41:i work with smart people who were using internet abreviations in all seriousness. so myself and a friend called out “DLTDHYAOTWY” (don’t let the door hit your *arse* on the way out).
46: i’m sure you can have fun trying to figure it out (suddenly, plans for valentines day!)
50: there have been too many days i have some song stuck in my head from this place. i feel your pain.
What ever happened to Floozy?
yay we text while driving slightly less than the avg american:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4b327b207e784e38600488dcd30fa14c.2a1&show_article=1