I really think it should be illegal to do anything in an automobile except drive...

x2.

it’s not hard at all. unless your truck is really out of alinement or something. also it works like your hand(in a way) you tend to go where ever you are looking. you look at center of your lane and you will be fine.

 

A little heated on this are we?

 

Well...people need I mind their fuckin' business dude!

 

i kinda agree. i’m saving for new head unit with Bluetooth, so that if i get a call when driving i can answer it. i don’t text and drive, about the most i do when driving is changing radio or a song on ipod. ipod stays on shuffle all i have to do is hit the button for next song till i get to one i want to hear. don’t even look at it. or i may get a pice of gum.

 

who wants to bet OP dose some of the things he listed, when he is driving??

 

Careful we don't want anyone to get...

 

we already have "distracted driving" laws in Alberta

Restricts drivers from:
using hand-held cell phones
texting or e-mailing
using electronic devices like laptop computers, video games, cameras, video entertainment displays and programming portable audio players (e.g., MP3 players)
entering information on GPS units
reading printed materials in the vehicle
writing, printing or sketching, and
personal grooming

if you're doing any of the above, you're not paying enough attention to the road.
more often than not, when I see someone driving like a dumbass they're talking on the phone.

 

+1 for Steering with the knee!

 

People complain about how retarded the general public is....do you really want them multitasking while driving??

I know I'm not the only one who gets mad at people who drive and are doing something and almost hit your car.

 

No I wasn't. Just because a lot of people did or do text while driving doesn't make it any less stupid.

 

Same in BC

 

Maybe some people just need to be "distracted" from getting in the driver's seat in the first place.

 

I've lost four fellow motorcyclist friends/family in the last five years thanks to drivers on the phone/texting.

There is no excuse! It can wait. A text or call cannot be more important than a life.

 

Reminds me of the time I saw a trooper with the Kentucky State Police using the backsides of his hands to steer while using a flip phone (not sure if texting or dialing or whatever) in EACH hand!

 

It already is illegal in most states to do anything in a vehicle which interferes with the safe operation of that. Of course, the problem is determining exactly what is interference. Most agree a cell phone and texting qualify (which is why some states have banned or restricted those). Fewer would agree with eating, while even fewer would agree with the radio. The remainder you mentioned just aren't common enough to garnish much attention from the general public.

Beyond that, I pretty much agree with Rich91710's earlier comments (posted in message #2 in this thread). Same with ColtsTRD's earlier comments (posted in message #42 in this thread).

 

Logic and reasoning have no place in today's society. People who do nothing but fuck us around receive awards for it. How can anyone possibly suggest that we simply drive when in an automobile without multitasking? (insert Napolean Dynamite gosh here)

 

What about a special license and driving test where you eat, text, get a bj, change the radio, and drive with your knee all at the same time? Cause I'm pretty Damn good at it, I know I could pass.

 

no thanks

but that's the point...if you are driving 30 mph in a 50 mph zone, and weaving back and forth in the lane like a drunk, because your text is so important...and I'm behind you trying to get to my destination...

you ARE bothering me and many others.

and I don't want to fuck with you (I believe I made that clear above)...I just want you to be removed from the public road ways. driving is a privilege not a right. there are circumstances where that privilege may be removed from certain individuals...you may be one of those people.

try again in engrish plz?

wow...this guy has issues