Sweet ladies with cellphones heap your scorn here

[riff]

When your ass is driving in your SUV and your cellphone is against your cheek-

You are more dangerous to me than a drunk driver (and more numerous).

You are more frustrating to drive behind than an old person who should have turned in the keys years ago (at least they have the excuse of being old- and yes, you are more numerous).

Ladies... do us all a favor. Make the call before you leave home, do it in the parking lot, or pull over and let the rest of us safely and expeditiously progress to our destinations.

Why just ladies, you ask? Yeah, there are guys that do the same thing, but there seem to be far more women with this problem.

(Now go on and run me out of town...)

 

[Juliangel]

riff I completely agree with you, I do not even have a cell phone. I only have a pager part time, when I go out and my husband is home with the kids I take his in case he needs something.

No SUV either.

 

[angie girl]

dangerous

I have to carry a phone for business, otherwise toss the thing! but if I am driving and it rings I let it go into voice mail. And I never make a call in the car.

But I could ask this? since you guys are not heaping scorn on me for my cellphone, why are you rubber necking and trying to drive along side me no matter what the traffic? so what is more dangerous on the road, a chick on a cell or a guy with a hard on?

Merry Christmas to all....

 

[teresafannin]

You both make good points. I love my cel phone & never leave home without it. I drive a lot at night, by myself, but I also let the voice mail pick up the cel calls when I am driving. My major peeve with men in cars is why don't men use the car seat or seat belts when they have kids with them? I have seen more men driving with kids bouncing all over the car & there will be an empty car seat in the back seat-what is up with that?

 

[funny_guy]

I agree. I don't own a cell phone, and don't allow anyone who's driving with me to talk on one.

 

[s1ng2m3-k4k]

Re: dangerous

why are you rubber necking and trying to drive along side me no matter what the traffic? so what is more dangerous on the road, a chick on a cell or a guy with a hard on?

I don't rubberneck except to flip off the one with the cell phone...

 

[Wizard]

The best investment...............Earpiece and mic. auto answere....never have to look away from the road just keep on driving and sure it looks like your talking to yourself but hey I do any how..............................

 

[angie girl]

yes dangerous

why are you rubber necking and trying to drive along side me no matter what the traffic? so what is more dangerous on the road, a chick on a cell or a guy with a hard on?

I don't rubberneck except to flip off the one with the cell phone...

but you/ve never driven past me S1...smile

 

[Nogard]

Read a little history. This is the same thing they said when they put radios in cars

 

[Cheyenne]

I'll admit to being a guilty one. I don't drive an SUV, but I do talk on the phone while driving. I can usually do the commute between my home and office on autopilot- I work off hours so I'm not driving during the heart of rush hour. But, I have been driving and taking notes on the phone for something from work at the same time. About a month ago I was doing that- my niece in the back seat asked what Auntie Cheyenne was doing (she's two) and my mom replied calmly that "Auntie Cheyenne is trying to kill us."

The trick to not driving slow/fast while you're talking on the phone is the same trick that I use when I'm NOT on the phone- cruise control!

 

[riff]

Read a little history. This is the same thing they said when they put radios in cars

i'm not that old....

but seldom do I see someone sitting stopped at a green light listening to the radio... on the other hand more than once someone has, in an act of supreme alertness, sat there yapping while the light went from red to green to yellow- then "oh my!" dashed across the intersection- to read with the goddamned cellphone on their ear.

 

[Nogard]

Ever watch someone drop a tape at 70. Or drop a cigareete in their lap. Mcdonalds, coffee. coke whatever. Grow up

 

[Never]

Pardon me.. I'm shoveling scorn.

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And I don't drive an SUV.

 

[TN_Vixen]

riffy

God, I totally agree with the cell phone crazies out there. I liked to kill my Dad coming back from KY two weeks ago. He was driving 80 mph and fumbling with his f'n phone to try to retrieve his messages. I wanted to throw the fucker out the window.

I will have to have one soon b/c I'll be traveling a lot, but I plan on getting the hands-free one and pulling to the side of the road when needs be.

 

[riff]

Ever watch someone drop a tape at 70. Or drop a cigareete in their lap. Mcdonalds, coffee. coke whatever. Grow up

Yeah, and all of those are preventable incidents, but you forgot about a seed popping.

Negligible Homocides waiting to happen. Oh, it was an accident... tell that to the victim's family.

 

[Sonora]

I wanted to throw the fucker out the window.

Which, your dad or the phone?

 

[scylis]

TRUE STORY

ok, me mum's friend works for a trucking company here in NW Iowa (a small one) as a dispatcher/manager/clerk... a number of months back one of their drivers got into an accident that pertains to this topic...

the driver was just driving in the right lane on an innerstate somewhere minding his own business.. next thing he knows, he looks in his mirrors and a bunch of parts are flying out from underneath his trailer.. see, this lady had come down the off-ramp with her cell phone tucked up between her left shoulder and her head, just yacking away.. she pulled into the same lane as the trucker and, get this, wedged herself and her car underneath the trailer! she hadn't even seen the semi as she pulled into the lane there! so the trucker, who didn't know about the car underneath, pulls over and is totally dumbfounded when this really pissed off woman hops out from underneath the trailer! then she had the nerve to start yelling and screaming at him for running into her! luckily a handfull of other people pulled up there and backed up the trucker's story, so he wasn't charged with anything when the cops arrived...

now, i can understand how the radio, food, etc. can be a distration, but most people don't spend half-an-hour fumbling with their radios.. having the cell phone tucked up between a person's shoulder and head reduces visability on that side to practically nothing!! and calls can last for quite a while, or a number of calls might be made, adding a further distraction when trying to punch in the numbers...

 

[Wizard]

Two words..........Hands Free...................

 

[Budman]

ACTUAL EXPERIENCE: sitting in airport in Oklahoma City. Two min before flight is called to board, dude whips out cell phone, punches numbers, says loudly "we'll be boarding in a minute. I'll let you know when we are on board" disconnects. We board, he's sitting 2 rows in front of me. whips out cell, punches numbers, yells loudly "I'm on board and seated. I'll call you when we arrive." Arrive at St. Louis, door opens, dude whips out cell (while unloading a ton of carry on baggage), punches number, yells "we just landed, getting my luggage. I'll call you when I get inside the terminal."

Now come on people, that be a little bit ridiculous. (sure as hell glad he wasn't going on to Raleigh/Durham)

So, it's not ONLY ladies and cells that irritate.

 

[KillerMuffin]

True story

We got backed up on I70 in Pennsylvania because a moron driving a Tahoe with a cellphone to his ear yakking away crossed into the lane next to him, bounced off a big rig's tandems and spun out of control. End result, he collided with a full minivan. Everyone died.

Leave the phone alone. Leave the laptop alone. Don't read, don't pour coffee, don't fuck around. Several states already have a law against cellular use while driving, this includes hands free. More states, including California which has the highest incidences of cellular caused collisions, are considering such legislation. I've heard truckstop rumors about a federal law. There should be.

If you have that much work to do while you're driving, take a taxi or the bus.

 

[April]

Damn straight! Leave the fucking phone alone, and pay attention to your driving. Your phone call is not important enough to risk the lives of other people! Driving is one of the most dangerous things you can do, and no call is more important than being a safe driver and not killing someone!

 

[Andra_Jenny]

Thank my lucky stars that I live so far out that there is no cell coverage. Now, if the women would just stop spitting chew outta the window.

 

[Purple Haze]

I've become a little more tolerant of people with cell phones than I used to, at first they all looked stupid walking around in public holding a phone on their head, to me that's what big shot businessmen did, gotta ink the deal. Of course if you've ever had the pleasure of listening to half of a conversation in a restaurant (I've heard them go off in theaters and church for god's sake) you realize the importance of these calls. Actual conversation, or half of it, I was fortunate to overhear:

"Yap, I'm here now, no I wasn't here before, but I am now."

(silence)

"No, I'm here, really, are you coming?"

(silence)

"No, I was there already, but I'm here now"

(silence)

"Yap, I'm here, I was there about ten o'clock, but now I'm here."

(silence)

"I'll be here."

Important stuff.

I enjoy the freer times of my day when no one knows where I am, and no one can call me. I pity the fools.

Some people can't drive the way it is, and you think they should have phones? HANG UP AND FUCKING DRIVE!

Thank you.

 

[teresafannin]

I have a question for others who have cel phones. I must be weird because I carry my phone in my purse when I am out. My sweetie carries his in his jacket pocket. What is with carrying it around in your hand? I have seen women with purses big enough to carry a computer holding their cel phones. Is it that important for others to see that you have a phone?

 

[Purple Haze]

As long as it doesn't cover the Nike swoosh on their clothing.