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MrAtlanta · October 22nd, 2007, 07:25 PM

It's seem as if we can't do anything in this society anymore without a damned cellphone glued to our collective ear.

I hate to sound repetitive here, but one of the things that irks me the most is America's unending cellphone addiction. I can't stand it when people try to drive and talk on a cellphone at the same time. They often bring traffic to a crawl, at 25 mph, while they laugh and giggle with the person on the other end of the phone. And they don't seem to care that they're slowing up traffic for miles either. If you can't drive at a normal rate of speed and talk at the same time, stay your @ss off the cellphone and give the road your undivided attention. Or pull over and talk.

I am a driver who drives with a sense of purpose, and I wanna get to my destination in a timely manner and not be held up by some @ss who's attention is diverted by idiotic conversation on a cellphone. If you can walk and chew gum at the same time, you should be able to drive (at a brisk pace) and talk at the same time as well. You would think.

I see people standing on the roadside, at accident scenes, all the time because one car got rear-ended by a driver who wasn't paying close attention. If you hit someone from behind, and it is determined that you did so while talking on a cellphone, not only should you pay the damages to the other vehicle, but your driver's license should be suspended for 3 - 6 months as well. I'm not joking.

Another thing....

Driving behind School Buses in the mornings and afternoons really annoys the **** out of me.

October 22nd, 2007, 07:25 PM	#872 (permalink)
MrAtlanta Afr0 Resident MrAtlanta is offline Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 694 Thanks: 5 Thanked 48 Times in 34 Posts Rep Power: 17 Credits: 5,035	It's seem as if we can't do anything in this society anymore without a damned cellphone glued to our collective ear. I hate to sound repetitive here, but one of the things that irks me the most is America's unending cellphone addiction. I can't stand it when people try to drive and talk on a cellphone at the same time. They often bring traffic to a crawl, at 25 mph, while they laugh and giggle with the person on the other end of the phone. And they don't seem to care that they're slowing up traffic for miles either. If you can't drive at a normal rate of speed and talk at the same time, stay your @ss off the cellphone and give the road your undivided attention. Or pull over and talk. I am a driver who drives with a sense of purpose, and I wanna get to my destination in a timely manner and not be held up by some @ss who's attention is diverted by idiotic conversation on a cellphone. If you can walk and chew gum at the same time, you should be able to drive (at a brisk pace) and talk at the same time as well. You would think. I see people standing on the roadside, at accident scenes, all the time because one car got rear-ended by a driver who wasn't paying close attention. If you hit someone from behind, and it is determined that you did so while talking on a cellphone, not only should you pay the damages to the other vehicle, but your driver's license should be suspended for 3 - 6 months as well. I'm not joking. Another thing.... Driving behind School Buses in the mornings and afternoons really annoys the **** out of me.