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by **Eldre** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 02:57:13

>> No sim, to date, has included a cell phone to be used while driving.

>Hmmm, I think there is something like that in Carmageddon 2 ;)

>Anyway, funny post. I think this same thread happened about 2 years ago
>here. Had the same "mine is better. No it's mine! NO it's not! Yes it is!
>No. Yes. No. Yes. nooooo. Yes. Ni!" effect on the newsgroup.

That's not a argument - it's simply contradiction...<g>

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by **Eldre** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 02:57:13

>In Australia there is a $120 fine and a loss of points from your licence if
>caught using a cell-phone while driving - Then again, we've had compulsory
>seat belts since 1976 and we still don't see anyone in American movies/TV
>wearing them.
>Now all we need is the same (cell-phone) rule for people smoking while
>driving

I'd vote for it. We have seat belt laws, too - nevermind what the movies/TV
show.

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by **Thom j** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 03:43:52

Let's hear another Amen for Uncle Fester.. "Amen!" <g>
All this country verses country ***is just that **crap!**
We all live on the same sphere & all have the same daily
deeds, needs and desires! No More.. No Less..
Cheers To All Kindly Humans.. Thom_j. <VBG>

| Amen. Now here's somebody who gets it. These countries are nothing
| more than political boundaries. Political institutions do nothing more
| than divide & conquer the population at large so as to retain power with
| a minimum of trouble.
| There is one race, the Human Race. And one country, Planet Earth.
| --
| Fester

by **Tony Whitle** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 04:43:45

> >> No sim, to date, has included a cell phone to be used while driving.

> >Hmmm, I think there is something like that in Carmageddon 2 ;)

> >Anyway, funny post. I think this same thread happened about 2 years ago
> >here. Had the same "mine is better. No it's mine! NO it's not! Yes it
is!
> >No. Yes. No. Yes. nooooo. Yes. Ni!" effect on the newsgroup.

> That's not a argument - it's simply contradiction...<g>

No it isn't. <gg>

That's the giveaway - a closet Monty Python fan...

by **Eldre** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 06:06:18

>>The same study that showed the use of a cell phone while driving makes you 4
>>times more likely to crash also claims that using a hands free device did
>>NOT reduce that number.

>I think it's the act of talking to someone that's not in the same car, it
>just takes you away. I remember the first time I used a cell phone while
>driving, it was a short call but afterward, I didn't recall at all what
>happened
>in the 5 blocks I was driving while on the phone. No recollection of the
>street
>lights or other cars and pedestrians, I never made another call while driving
>again, it's just too dangerous.

Whoa...I guess that experience *would* scare me. But when I drove a company
vehicle with a hands-free system, it didn't bother me. It was sort of like I
was talking to someone in the car with me. It wasn't a distraction at all.

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by **Eldre** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 06:06:18

>Thank You! LOLOLOL ;)

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>> The reason is probably, That we just don't give a damn about F1.

Well, *this* American likes F1... <g>

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by **Scott B. Huste** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 07:43:47

We won't hold it against you... too much ;) Hell, look at how many
people watch the Thanksgiving day and Christmas PARADES. Same thing, just
more high tech and expensive. =P

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> >Thank You! LOLOLOL ;)

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> >> The reason is probably, That we just don't give a damn about F1.

> Well, *this* American likes F1... <g>

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by **Eric Franze** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 09:57:28

I think the people that crash while using a cell phone just have an
inability to do more than one thing at a time. People have been talking for
decades while driving. Truck drivers most of all using CB radios. I don't
know what the statistics are of accidents for commercial drivers, but I know
in the 7 years I spent doing it I drove more miles that I would have in
almost 40 years of normal driving and never once had an accident.

>>>The same study that showed the use of a cell phone while driving makes
you 4
>>>times more likely to crash also claims that using a hands free device did
>>>NOT reduce that number.

>>I think it's the act of talking to someone that's not in the same car, it
>>just takes you away. I remember the first time I used a cell phone while
>>driving, it was a short call but afterward, I didn't recall at all what
>>happened
>>in the 5 blocks I was driving while on the phone. No recollection of the
>>street
>>lights or other cars and pedestrians, I never made another call while
driving
>>again, it's just too dangerous.

>Whoa...I guess that experience *would* scare me. But when I drove a
company
>vehicle with a hands-free system, it didn't bother me. It was sort of like
I
>was talking to someone in the car with me. It wasn't a distraction at all.

>Eldred
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>Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
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by **Razorbac** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 11:48:29

>>Once you spend a week in Iceland you go "Wow! This place freaking
>rocks!!!! Why isn't
>> everyone here?"

>I thought it was "this place is nothing but freaking rocks!!!!"

Hmmm.. uhh.. ok...

RB

by **Razorbac** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 11:48:50

>> > 4) America is not the greatest country on Earth.

>> What is, then?

>It's qualitative and relative. I have yet to see a reason why somebody
>would call a geo-political land "better" then another.

because it is...

rb

by **Dave Henri** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:11:17

Yes it issssss...

by **Eldre** » Thu, 08 Mar 2001 00:03:26

>We won't hold it against you... too much ;) Hell, look at how many
>people watch the Thanksgiving day and Christmas PARADES. Same thing, just
>more high tech and expensive. =P

Nah, the holiday parades are MUCH too slow. Let them run over 150mph, than
I'll watch...<g>

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by **Eldre** » Thu, 08 Mar 2001 00:03:25

>I think the people that crash while using a cell phone just have an
>inability to do more than one thing at a time. People have been talking for
>decades while driving. Truck drivers most of all using CB radios. I don't
>know what the statistics are of accidents for commercial drivers, but I know
>in the 7 years I spent doing it I drove more miles that I would have in
>almost 40 years of normal driving and never once had an accident.

It's funny - I was driving home from work yesterday in a sudden snowstorm. A
customer/friend of mine called my cell phone, and I answered it. I was talking
to him while watching the results of multiple idiots spun off on the side of
the road. I even watched the 18-wheeler in front of me start to slide(he
stopped in time), but *I* wasn't worried. I had already left enough rome to
safely stop. I think people tailgating on icy roads is pretty damn stupid.
THAT"S what causes problems - tailgating in general. People drive like they're
going into turn 1 on VROC, and not leaving enough room...

Eldred
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by **Dog-Le** » Thu, 08 Mar 2001 06:11:46

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I did a complete trip from Norfolk to DC like that once. No Cell phone
either.

180 miles and 3 hours went by. When I pulled up to the house, I realized
that I didn't remember the trip.

I think Truckers have a name for this deal... White Line Fever or something
like that.

-Larry

> >The same study that showed the use of a cell phone while driving makes
you 4
> >times more likely to crash also claims that using a hands free device did
> >NOT reduce that number.

> I think it's the act of talking to someone that's not in the same car, it
> just takes you away. I remember the first time I used a cell phone while
> driving, it was a short call but afterward, I didn't recall at all what
happened
> in the 5 blocks I was driving while on the phone. No recollection of the
street
> lights or other cars and pedestrians, I never made another call while
driving
> again, it's just too dangerous.

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by **Dog-Le** » Thu, 08 Mar 2001 06:13:37

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What we need are Cell Phones that are engineered with some sort of respect
to a Human Interface incorporated.

Anyone here use a Nextel 1000+ ?

SHEESH!

This is the most ergonomically challanged piece of electronics I have EVER
seen. They could not possible have made it any harder to perform even the
simplest functions.

This is the most bass-ackwards piece of electronics JUNK I have ever seen.

-Larry

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