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Teen dies in accident; was texting while driving [drove into tree]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | November 2, 2011

Posted on 11/02/2011 4:53:12 AM PDT by grundle

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To: TheGunny

Many inexperienced and some experienced drivers are involved in accidents where they overcompensate when they drive off the edge of the road.

It is so simple just to drive down the edge and come back on the road slowly.

Inexperience was a major factor here as well as texting.


41 posted on 11/02/2011 5:52:31 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: momtothree
A lot of horrible things can happen out there (especially to a pretty teen girl).

Yes, but very few of them do, especially if the girl avoids acting like a total idiot. For most users of any age, the cell phone is purely a convenience, not a necessity for safety.

42 posted on 11/02/2011 5:58:35 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm sure your dog likes you.)
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To: Sooth2222

A police officer can already pull you over and ticket you for any of those idiot maneuvers, its called careless driving.

You might try and fight it in court, but there’s a better than average chance the judge will agree with the cop.


43 posted on 11/02/2011 5:59:12 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: toolman1401
"The parents should have known or probably knew that their kid was texting while driving. There needs to be a little more chlorine added to the gene pool."

You're an ass.

44 posted on 11/02/2011 6:00:55 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: MrB

If one of our children is going to need a phone, to call us when it’s time to pick him up, for example, I let him carry mine. This is a very rare occurrence, since they’re usually at events - Boy Scouts, church youth meetings - with plenty of adults who have phones they can use to call us.


45 posted on 11/02/2011 6:01:36 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm sure your dog likes you.)
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To: TheGunny

In the trunk, for example.


46 posted on 11/02/2011 6:03:02 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm sure your dog likes you.)
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To: blackdog

Is it soda, pop, soda pop? Just asking.


47 posted on 11/02/2011 6:04:32 AM PDT by Rannug ("God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware.")
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To: Venturer
Sure it was (experience a factor), but I fear you are missing the point. This is mostly taking the lives of the inexperienced. Following your logic to its natural end we should allow folks to set limits on their personal consumption of alcohol because of the “experience” factor? After all, I can drive waaaayyyyy better now with a six pack or so in me than I could as a 17 year old.
48 posted on 11/02/2011 6:05:04 AM PDT by TheGunny
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
For example; tough drunken driving laws make a huge difference

Then why do the same people get caught repeatedly? In spite of MADD's lobbying for ridiculously low illegal levels, there are still loads of drunk drivers. They just don't care.

Which, if it is a thousand dollar fine, is a lot less serious than getting killed or killing someone else.

You don't seem to catch on that some people just can't seem to pay attention to what they're doing. The urge to talk, text, etc. is just too strong. A secretary I had from a previous job was like that. She had been in at least 8 minor accidents in three years. And in every case it was legally her fault (She ren into things - mostly other cars, but the occasinal roadside garbage can, etc.) BUT in her mind it was never her fault. She was "looking for an address" or "talking to someone about something important." etc. I'm surprised her husband didn't divorce her. He kept her out of trouble by paying off her victims. You no doubt remember them from school. The ones that didn't shut up no matter what the teacher did or said.

49 posted on 11/02/2011 6:06:40 AM PDT by from occupied ga (your own government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Tax-chick

sure thats fine.


50 posted on 11/02/2011 6:07:48 AM PDT by TheGunny
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To: grundle
I know this is going to be one of those “No more laws” and a lot of bickering FReepers. In Texas, it is illegal to be on a cell phone in school zones during school hours. The Round Rock PD motorcycle cops love to sit in the no turn area in the school zone on RM 620. They write one ticket after the next.

As a driver of a van pool, I won't answer my phone if I have one rider on board. My riders often watch other drivers talking or texting. They can identify a texting driver in the lanes ahead by their driving habits. I've come close to having been run off the road in my pickup by someone texting.

51 posted on 11/02/2011 6:09:28 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
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To: Abathar

His first sentence was accurate, the second was insensitive to say the least.

However, families, ie, FATHERS, should lay down the law with these teens, who obviously aren’t earning enough to pay for car payments, insurance, gas, taxes, cell phones & texting plans -

no texting while driving or you don’t get to use the car OR the phone.


52 posted on 11/02/2011 6:10:18 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: toolman1401
The only way to stop the foolishness of texting and/or talking on the phone while driving is to make the phones inoperable if traveling at any speed greater than 1 to 2 mph

Simpler to remove the abilty of mobile phones to send and recieve wireless transmissions. Instead build a network of "landlines" that you plug your phone into.

53 posted on 11/02/2011 6:10:36 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
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To: Wolfie

I got this lady on camara reading a book while driving over 55Mph in North Dallas.
Not that it matters but she did have an Obama sticker.

54 posted on 11/02/2011 6:11:30 AM PDT by MaxMax
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To: grundle

You know... I bet if you marketed a cell phone jammer that could be installed under the dash, not a powerful one but a small device that jammed just in a 4’ radius or so, that parents would buy them.

Make it so that while the car was running it would just powerful enough to jam inside the cab, if the kid wanted to talk on the phone the car would have to be turned off.


55 posted on 11/02/2011 6:11:37 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: grundle

I hate to say it, but I’m glad he’s out of the gene pool but I’m glad he didn’t take anyone with him. I hope it hurt.

As for all you “You’re a horrible person” morons - a clown was texting and driving when he hit my car from behind. The gas tank exploded and my daughter will have horrible burn scars for the rest of her life. Death is a good fate for idiots like this one.


56 posted on 11/02/2011 6:11:57 AM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

Someone texting is just as dangerous to others on the road as a drunk driver.

Do with that what you will.


57 posted on 11/02/2011 6:12:05 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: MrB

And that’s exactly how I handle it with my kids.


58 posted on 11/02/2011 6:14:29 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: grundle

No action is totally bad. This girl now serves as a horrible example


59 posted on 11/02/2011 6:15:42 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: MaxMax

I like to “read” while I drive - but I bought a Kindle and have it read to me while drive!


60 posted on 11/02/2011 6:16:59 AM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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