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Thatcornellguy
07/22/09

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I found one on YouTube today; definitely a lot of boobage and no medieval themes. wish the picture uploader was working :(
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DoctorNine's D9 Cat
07/20/09

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Texting! When I was a teen, the problem was bench style front seats, and girlfriends in low-cut cashmere sweaters. Let me tell you, you didn't get Blackberry thumb working that cashmere... nosirree...
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Payka
07/20/09

@DoctorNine's D9 Cat:
Speak english old man!
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DoctorNine's D9 Cat
07/20/09

@Payka: Whippersnappers... I oughta lay into you with my cane...
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allyzay
07/19/09

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True story: I know a guy who was thrown in the tombs for a whole night due to car texting cell phone usage! He was a drug dealer, with a lot on him being as it was a Friday night, and the wonderful glorious cops never actually searched the car they impounded. handed it back over to him at 4 or 5 am and he went off on his way with a ticket. And obviously down several hundred dollars due to being...otherwise occupied on peak business hours but hey. So, if you are a drug dealer, text away in your car, it might save your ass one day.
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naugahydeinplainsight
07/19/09

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It's illegal where I live to drive while using a hands-on cell phone, but enforcement is almost non-existent. Until that changes, or until it becomes actually uncool to use a phone while driving (as is increasingly true for driving after drinking) all the laws in the world won't make us any safer.
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Conchie Birdie
07/20/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: Hmm, well in SF it's actually the only law they really enforce. I got a ticket for having my parents on speakerphone (reason being they had just landed at sfo) while in traffic on the Embarcadero. That same weekend my friend had a knife pulled on him by a homeless guy who was upset we didn't give him our change as we walked by - and, when the cops finally arrived, they let the guy go (and remain sitting on the same corner) and told us to head to another neighborhood. Nice. I'm glad I'm paying taxes for this kinda stuff.
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happymisanthrope
07/19/09

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Your first task while driving a car should be driving the car, because you're sharing the road with idiots texting and need to watch out for their mistakes.
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Pinekatz
07/19/09

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My daughter and I marveled at the guy next to us this week, at a cool 70 mph, madly texting, sipping his refreshment and smoothly changing lanes when necessary. He was about 38. Maybe its an age thing? This is probably why we ask ex-military 40-somethings to fly the space shuttle.

And every single time, I want a 40/50-something ex-military flying my commercial flight out of here. Just get this done right. Get me there without us all dying. I trust you.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/19/09

@Pinekatz: I hate to be all public service announcement, but please don't feed the idea that this is something people can do safely if they're just smart and slick enough. It's not. It's possible to play Russian roulette without killing yourself -- that doesn't mean it's not idiotically risky. Your texting driver did fine because luckily nothing unexpected happened. If it had, while he was texting, he'd have been fucked, and might well have taken you with him.
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Natasha VC
07/19/09

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I'm a monorail driver by trade but my first passion is texting.
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El-Suave
07/19/09

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This is a much cooler roof smash:
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lolgreg
07/19/09

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1. I'd feel unsafe on that highway with or without a phone.
2. Why is NYTimes texting me?
3. I prefer playing Gameboy while driving.
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gunluva is prepared to drop.
07/19/09

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God damned driver in a white Mustang nearly bashed my rear fender today because his idiot self was texting on his phone. I had to go over the bloody speed limit to stay away from him. Moron nearly went off the road into a pole. I kinda wish he did.
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AmeryLagit
07/19/09

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This is a good article, and a good lesson for many. But not every is identically stupid (we can be stupid in other ways). I tried out the game, and the realism and distraction level provided are an interesting insight in to ones self. Though, the game cheats, after receiving a text message the lane changes are not small they are large (from 1 to 6 and 6 to 2, etc) not only that but the keypad provided for the cell phone is QWERTY, and a number of people don't use a qwerty keypad and finally you are forced to do another action on your right hand by shifting to the mouse while typing with the left hand (which is unnatural but I'm sure if practiced would be fine).

I text while I drive, I use T9 input on my phone and the middle button (5) is identified with a bump. I can spell words without even looking at my cell phone simply by knowing where 5 is on the phone. If I ever need to read my phone, it is up on the steering wheel in my hand so my head doesn't pivot only my eyes change from focussing in the distance to focussing close (usually only for an instant). Texting is fine but like eating food, drinking coffee, changing gears on a stick, you need to learn how to do it without loosing focus on what is in front of you.
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monsters_and_dinosaurs
07/19/09

@AmeryLagit: No matter what setup you have, you still have to think about what you are typing and if you check the message then you are focusing your attention on something other than the road and other drivers. It is still dangerous.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/19/09

@AmeryLagit: If only you were only risking your own life; then it would be sort of useful, as presumably it would take you out of the gene pool as well.
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paintedangel
07/20/09

@AmeryLagit: Yeah yeah...I imagine the two texting while driving assholes who caused the deaths of both my best friend and sister thought the same way as you..."aww hell, I can do this...I'm better than normal people!" Moron...
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unfuckwithable
07/19/09

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Is this game available for BlackBerry? I want to play it the next time I get behind the wheel of a car.
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BxgrlJeri
07/19/09

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I'm sorta appalled when I see a teen (or a bit older) texting in a car. Like WHAT is so important to put your life and the lives of others at risk?

But teenagers are historically stupid. I did lots of stupid crap as a teenager. But recently I took a town car to the airport. UWS to LaGuardia. Not that long a ride. The driver was texting. Not once but two or three times. On the third time I told him to stop. He gave me a dirty look. I can't believe he couldn't just NOT text for that short a ride and that he drove for a living.

Run for your lives!!!
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Vecha: One more Month
07/19/09

@BxgrlJeri:

I would of smacked the dirty look off his face.

Did you complain to his manager or someone? Would have gotten his ass fired.
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La Mareada
07/19/09

@BxgrlJeri: The teen in the story KILLED A WOMAN driving and texting. Not only does he still do it, he's so stupid he tells the NYTimes he still drives and texts.
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BxgrlJeri
07/19/09

@Vecha: Tired of America's Solution to Health Care.: Yes, I did complain to the manager.
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BxgrlJeri
07/19/09

@La Mareada: I know. They are truly idiots. A friend's daughter totalled TWO cars within a month, both times texting. I said to the parent, "Why not take her ability to text away?" and the parent looked at me like I was from Mars.
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Adamskiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy
07/19/09

@La Mareada: No, he said he still occasionally uses the phone, not that he still texts. Nice jump.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/19/09

@BxgrlJeri: This is the bigger problem: a parent who'd rather their kid die than have to say "No" to them. Unbefuckinglievable.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/20/09

@Adamskiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy: Also, I don't believe he was texting in the first place -- he was trying to make a phone call.
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paintedangel
07/20/09

@MissNormaDesmond: You are SO on the money! If parents were real parents and really cared about their kids they would make sure, in whatever manner necessary, that their kids would NOT join in this oh so fashionable and even more so DEADLY practice. I have seen in person how a liberal parent will do a 180 after they lose or almost lose a child. And then there are the ones...well, you know...
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MissNormaDesmond
07/20/09

@paintedangel: WTF? This has nothing to do with liberal vs. conservative. I'm a fucking commie and if that were my kid she'd lose her cell phone so fast she'd still be texting air while I was taking out the SIM card.
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moosesanddeers
07/19/09

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I runned you over. Then I drove away.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/20/09

@moosesanddeers: No, it's

sry i rn u ovr kthxbai
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Mick
07/13/09

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"take advertising on the internet to the absolute rock bottom,"

How is that so? Quite positive the company's campaign is heavy up top and substantially perky.
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