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Re: LUNATIC blocked me at lights because I was on the telephone
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Re: LUNATIC blocked me at lights because I was on the telephone -
07-19-2003
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Tim S Kemp wrote: So what's to stop you missing the red light 'cause your blabbing away, and getting T-boned? Odds are you'd have hit someone up the rear prior to that. You should be a polititian. |
politician.
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"Chris" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3f198100$0$45177$65c69314 (AT) mercury (DOT) nildram.net... Tim S Kemp wrote: So what's to stop you missing the red light 'cause your blabbing away, and getting T-boned? Odds are you'd have hit someone up the rear prior to that. You should be a polititian. No, I could never be sick, twisted, selfish or dishonest enough to be a politician. |
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hello, I can't see why talking on a phone is so bad, there are far worse distractions like looking around, talking to people in the car, screeming and fighting children, also singing along to the radio etc. |
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I can't see why talking on a phone is so bad, there are far worse distractions like looking around |
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talking to people in the car |
we're driving, because as soon as I need to concentrate on the driving bit,
I just go, "uh-huh" a lot.
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screaming and fighting children also singing along to the radio etc. |
where if the driver is caught lighting a fag, or changing a CD, or whatever,
he or she can be prosecuted for it. In California, you can do what you like
behind the wheel of a car, it's only an issue if you cause an accident doing
it.
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I'm amazed that you've posted this admission to a newsgroup in the expectation of *any* sympathy. |
that's crazy' or something.
I thought his actions were barmy and though others might too.
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okay, so you might tell me he was right He was right. and that I shouldn't be on the phone You shouldn't be on the phone. Sorry, I'm missing the point of your post (you know, sort of like you missed the other driver's point)... what do you want, a round of applause or something for standing up for your 'right' to dangerously use a phone ? :/ |
of my post, by quite some distance it would seem. The actions of this person
were totally bizzare and outrageous.
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Lordy wrote: okay, so you might tell me he was right He was right. and that I shouldn't be on the phone You shouldn't be on the phone. Sorry, I'm missing the point of your post (you know, sort of like you missed the other driver's point)... what do you want, a round of applause or something for standing up for your 'right' to dangerously use a phone ? No, dick, I don't want a round of applause. You have indeed missed the point of my post, by quite some distance it would seem. The actions of this person were totally bizzare and outrageous. |
But your actions were potentially dangerous and within a few months would
have been specifically illegal.
If you behave in a dangerous and soon-to-be-illegal manner on the road you
run the risk of provoking extreme reactions from others.
Is this a first - me agreeing with "Lordy"?
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And let's not forget that it aint December yet - using a mobile isn't quite illegal, it's just about driving with due care at the moment. I believe it's illegal from August, fine only, points kick in from December. |
their morals on me in an interferring way like this will be met with utter
disagreement.
Fuck me.. y'know... I see these chaps in their Impreza WRX's with exhausts
as wide as graham nortons arse speeding down the A556.. Do I deliberately
pull out in front of them forcing them down to my speed? No.
I'm in the outside lane on the Motorway doing 90mph... someone comes flying
up behind me at probably 110... Do I force them to slow to my speed, because
they're doing something wrong? Err.. no, I move back into a lane so there's
no obstructions for anyone and let them get on with it.
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Carl Farrington <carl (AT) 000compsup000 (DOT) net> wrote: Lordy wrote: okay, so you might tell me he was right He was right. and that I shouldn't be on the phone You shouldn't be on the phone. Sorry, I'm missing the point of your post (you know, sort of like you missed the other driver's point)... what do you want, a round of applause or something for standing up for your 'right' to dangerously use a phone ? No, dick, I don't want a round of applause. You have indeed missed the point of my post, by quite some distance it would seem. The actions of this person were totally bizzare and outrageous. Agreed - and what he did was almost certainly worse than what you did. |
wrong but wasn't really expecting to have you lot reminding me of that. I
was just err.. bemused?? I still am.. kind of taken aback by the actions of
Mr Fabia.
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But your actions were potentially dangerous and within a few months would have been specifically illegal. |
fine and then a handsfree kit. Hopefully the first.
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If you behave in a dangerous and soon-to-be-illegal manner on the road you run the risk of provoking extreme reactions from others. |
accepted that in some cases, (some being more than none, and this being too
many) talking on a mobile phone makes you a worse driver. I still don't
think the extreme reaction was justified.
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Is this a first - me agreeing with "Lordy"? |
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