celphones

Okay...Lydia's comment about people on celphones set me off, I guess:

This is one of my pet peeves, lately. I got cut off last week by the same sort of idiot that cut her off...a person holding a celphone pasted to one ear, wrist-driving with the other hand, zipping erratically through 6 lanes of traffic in a car the size of a Star-Kist can, which also sported a 'wing' on the rear deck. Invariably, if you don't hurry to get out of their way, you'll get the 'finger-wave' as they speed by you, radio blaring.

Now, I don't drive slow. I drive the speed limit, or above. Usually, with both hands on the wheel and my eyes scanning the windshield and both mirrors, as they taught us back in Driver's Ed, many years ago. I have a celphone...use it every day, at work. If it rings while I'm driving, I answer it and tell the caller I'll call them back when I get home, or to wherever I'm going. I DO listen to the radio, and I turn it down if it gets distracting in heavy traffic situations. I don't hang my foot out the side window, or slouch in the seat like I'm in my easy chair at home. I've never had an accident or a ticket for moving violation of any sort, in 40 years. Not bragging...but I'm piloting a 3,500 pound rolling mass of metal, rubber, and glass, and I DO pay attention while I drive.

Have you ever had occasions where you couldn't remember what happened in the last couple of blocks? (Not while you were inebriated, either!) Maybe you just settled into your comfort zone, and didn't pay a lot of attention. I have. Now, what if a kid had run out into your path in that couple of blocks? Could you have stopped? Not if you were on a celphone, I'll bet!

Talk about dropped calls! :(

Comments? Rebuttals? What's your take on this? Am I ranting again? lol

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