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It's getting out of control. I'll admit I'll use my phone from time to time, but not like some of these people on the roads today. Everyday on my commute, I see people going 10 under in the fast lane, or swerving and when I pass them, surprise they're face deep in their lcd screen. Everyone is doing it too, young and old. Cars, semis, busses, and even saw a motorcyclist once. It's so easy to pick out the cars who are distracted drivers.
Yesterday was outrageous driving in holiday traffic. I saw this car swerve off the road and back on multiple times because they were texting. I've almost been hit my multiple semis in the last couple years because they were texting and driving.
Maybe it's natural selection at its finest, but something more needs to be done. People already can't drive as it is...
How about complaining about people that can't maintain their lane? I don't care how people do it as long as they drive well. I'm tired off all these crappy excuses for crappy driving. People blaming their phone is a bunch of crap.
We have a law against crap driving it's called the basic rule. .
Tbh I think you've got to be an absolute moron to use one in full view these days. I admittedly use my phone pretty often whilst driving but that's literally changing the song and that's about it, I don't even pick it up.
I see people snapchatting and holding phones to their ear every single day and I think it's unbelievable how stupid they are! They're asking to get caught.
The main reason is the punishment (in the Uk) is crazy, especially if you've been driving for less than 2 years, think it's a 1 year ban. Thankfully I've been driving for 5 years now so I wouldn't lose my license, but my insurance would probably double overnight, so that's a huge deterrent for me anyway.
I text occasionally while driving because its not hard, but dont often because you dont need to. A few texts make sense. Keeping a bullshit comversation going is retarded.
And if you lock into the screen full on thats super fucked. People dont pay attention to the road.
Driving comes first, everything else after. Your burger, the music, phone, anything. I'm on the road all the time and its fucked how sketchy people drive. Id be scared if I had kids. We used to ride 4 miles eac way into town everyday on our bikes. Sure a couple cars came pretty close to me but with phones im sure that would be way crazier.
Texting and driving isn't necessarily terrible but there's really no reason to do it and it'son the upper end of sketchy things to do while driving.
People are fucking addicted to their phones though. Im glad I waited till fall 2015 to get a smartphone. I use it, its a great tool, but im not jealous of the people that cant cross a street without their phone 5 inches from their face.
I can understand responding to a text every now and then, especially for people whos' jobs involve a lot of driving and communication with others (I had summer jobs as a landscaper, I can't imagine not using a phone in the truck then) just don't be that asshole on Instagram for no reason
My truck can read texts for me so I don't ever have to look at my screen. If I want to reply I either wait for long stops or red lights to set up a response or tell Siri to get her shit together and respond to the text.
Is that texting while driving? I don't know, frankly I don't think so but I have no idea what a cop would say if they saw it.
Poindexter.Your just as fuckin dumb if you "text only rarely" as the people you say are ass deep into their screen
That's like saying if you have a beer or get drunk and drive you're the same. You can argue that both are bad, and that you're shitty for doing either, but they're clearly different.
I'll continue to do it occasionally.
The times I don't understand it as much is the people that text a large amount when they're driving local roads. There are a million places you could pull over. Texting itself isn't necessarily any more dangerous than changing your music or eating a cheeseburger. It's all about how you do it. IT should be an afterthought. Who cares if you misspell words etc. Just focus on driving, send that shit, and keep driving.
I can guarantee that 99% of the people in this thread play with their phones while driving. You're all a fucking disgrace. Also you want to see bad drivers? Come to Utah. This is the only state where people blame the trains for hitting cars.
theabortionatorThat's like saying if you have a beer or get drunk and drive you're the same. You can argue that both are bad, and that you're shitty for doing either, but they're clearly different.
I'll continue to do it occasionally.
I disagree, it's not like saying that all. In the instant that you are checking your phone, you are just as distracted as everyone else on their phone at that moment. And it really only takes a moment
Poindexter.I disagree, it's not like saying that all. In the instant that you are checking your phone, you are just as distracted as everyone else on their phone at that moment. And it really only takes a moment
I dunno, Im just tired of dead friends
I'm right there with you.
All it takes is one kid running out in front of your car, one person slamming on the brakes unexpectedly, one cyclist around a blind corner, etc. where a split second would have made all the difference in the world to ruin perhaps multiple lives.
Lonelywith talk to text, which most phones have, I don't understand why people still text and drive so much.
Fun fact talk to text has been proven to be equally as distracting as texting, it's just the nature of the distraction... can't focus 100% on the road when you are thinking about something else. Not that I don't do it either....
Poindexter.I disagree, it's not like saying that all. In the instant that you are checking your phone, you are just as distracted as everyone else on their phone at that moment. And it really only takes a moment
I dunno, Im just tired of dead friends
Not really. There's a difference between glancing at your phone and staring into your phone. Im not saying texting and driving is good. But it's more the people that are either super sucked into the world inside the screen, or loose attention spans to driving.
I remember almost getting in a bad crash because somebody dropped a cd on the floor and actually looked and bent down looking for it and we almost smoked cars at a stoplight at 70. Us screaming got him up enough to swerve slightly off and slow down enough to not.
Personally, the jacket I'm wearing, the cheeseburger I'm eating, my music, a text, anything will always be so backseat to driving. If it's anything that requires thought in reading or reply it waits till I can pull over or rest area.
Also really bad on the laws part for making talking on a phone illegal. That pushed a lot more people to text. Holding a phone and talking on it, not texting should 100% be legal. You can use a hands free phone while eating a food and that's fine even though it requires more effort. Having a phone in your hand or not has little impact. Other than people that would hang onto thier phone rather than drop it and 2 hand the wheel.
If people want to target anything.
HEADLIGHTS
IF you're driving in rain, snow, mountains etc and not using them you're an asshole but it's so common it's scary. Even police and large trucks. The difference in spotting a vehicle with and without lights is insane.
Merging.
I've never seen police target a merge in my life. People wait till the last second and follow the white line. Then throw their hands up like "Well my lane ends, what should I have done?" I've had too many people no signal legit pull into my lane. Happened at least 10 times. Luckily I anticipate people being cunts and have been able to react in time and had space to do so. People that speed in left lane when signs say "Left lane ends in __" then at the last second cut off cars. That merge can directly cause an accident or the fact that someone has to slam brakes creates a traffic jam, and many accidents happen when traffic piles up.
Unfortunately it seems like highway patrol would rather jerk off in their car waiting for it to alert them of somebody going 10 miles an hour over the speed limit than worry about those things.
But yeah, texting isn't good but I'm still going to do it, but with the amount of effort of changing a cd or chowing a burrito.
NightFantasiesFun fact talk to text has been proven to be equally as distracting as texting, it's just the nature of the distraction... can't focus 100% on the road when you are thinking about something else. Not that I don't do it either....
I'm not saying it's not distracting. But I would much rather talk to my phone and keep my eyes on the road than look down at my lap and fiddle with my fingers.
LonelyI'm not saying it's not distracting. But I would much rather talk to my phone and keep my eyes on the road than look down at my lap and fiddle with my fingers.
You should never have your phone sitting on your lap looking at it for anything imo. Pic the damn thing up and rock peripherals in tiny bursts. People are savage screen addicts though.
LonelyI'm not saying it's not distracting. But I would much rather talk to my phone and keep my eyes on the road than look down at my lap and fiddle with my fingers.
You should never have your phone sitting on your lap looking at it for anything imo. Pic the damn thing up and rock peripherals in tiny bursts. People are savage screen addicts though.
theabortionatorYou should never have your phone sitting on your lap looking at it for anything imo. Pic the damn thing up and rock peripherals in tiny bursts. People are savage screen addicts though.
I don’t... I use talk to text. But with phone laws being as stringent as they are it’s not unusual to see people keeping their phones as low as they can to avoid detection. Which is much worse.
LonelyI don’t... I use talk to text. But with phone laws being as stringent as they are it’s not unusual to see people keeping their phones as low as they can to avoid detection. Which is much worse.
For sure. That's how I feel about the laws regarding people holding a phone and talking. Now you really never have to because speaker phone is solid af generally. But there was a phase where people were texting rather than talking because texting had less chance of getting caught.
skiermanWell look at the bright side, you'll never have an abundance of stupid friends who are too self-absorbed to care about anyone's safety on the roads.
Jesus Christ dude this is the second time I’ve seen you post something fucking terrible on here, is this a regular occurrence? Do you wake up every morning and immediately start brainstorming ways to make your existence a burden to others?
skiermanWell look at the bright side, you'll never have an abundance of stupid friends who are too self-absorbed to care about anyone's safety on the roads.
Hopefully one day you text and drive yourself off a cliff.
When i first started driving I would text every once in a while, but honestly I fucking hated it, like i really didnt feel safe in that few seconds and I'm a pretty decent driver(driving isn't even that hard to be honest) but yea as soon as my phone came into the picture i felt like my risk of getting in an accident would rise for sure.
