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Texting Drivers
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From: Edgefield, SC
Texting Drivers
With all the posts as well as news reports of people being injured and killed by texting drivers I was wondering what others here do when encountering a texting driver. Last evening riding home from work I pulled next to a woman texting holding the phone in her lap. I raised my face shield and yelled "GET OFF THE PHONE BEFORE YOU KILL SOMEONE!!" She then yelled, cussed at me etc. She caught up to me at another light and shook her stupid phone at me continuing to yell something. At that point I yelled she was a stupid f-ing bi%&h and turned in a different direction to head home. I wish I could just ignore these idiots, but I can't. How do you cope? Unfortunately South Carolina has no real laws prohibiting this which from the sounds of other posts make no real difference anyways.
Thanks for taking the time to read and respond.
Dale
Thanks for taking the time to read and respond.
Dale
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From: Holly, Michigan
Don't let it ruin your day.
My leg is still healing from an accident with a texter august 2009. Check out my gallery pictures. I would love to carry a stack of 8 x 10 full color glossys of my flap & graft around to hand out at intersections to morons on cell phones, but that isn't going to solve the problem.
Shake it off and enjoy the road in front of you.
My leg is still healing from an accident with a texter august 2009. Check out my gallery pictures. I would love to carry a stack of 8 x 10 full color glossys of my flap & graft around to hand out at intersections to morons on cell phones, but that isn't going to solve the problem.
Shake it off and enjoy the road in front of you.
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Avoid the texters and go a different direction or speed up or slow down to avoid. Do not engage the enemy.
Or as Aaaaaaaaaanold put it one time in one of his movies,
GET DOOOOOOOOOOWWNN!! Head for the Chopppperrr!!"
Or as Aaaaaaaaaanold put it one time in one of his movies,
GET DOOOOOOOOOOWWNN!! Head for the Chopppperrr!!"
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From: Alaskan transplant to Florida
People texting or yaking on there cell phones pi$$ me off! They need to take care of that chit at home.
The only way to avoid it is to quit riding
The only way to avoid it is to quit riding
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Cell phones, GPS units on the dash, laptops and every other device out there that takes your attention from the road cause problems!