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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:59 AM Original message |
Driver distracted by phone, children drown, police say |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Drunk, driving in a flood with kids, talking on the phone...... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Could look at it another way... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Uh, yeah. "Funny." |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Who said anything about funny? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Your smiley face, brain-stem |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Who's God?????? Never heard of him/her. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. pointless |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Sorry, but God had nothing to do with this. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. "The driver and another adult passenger survived ..." |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. you know i was just thinking the same thing...... |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. It also says that the adult passenger rescued a little girl that was in the car. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Adults obviously will have an easier time getting out of the |
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Tiberius (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Drunk driving with kids in the car? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Triple threat: drunk, bad weather, cell phone distracted... |
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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I have read that the brain goes on automatic pilot eihter when drinking or using cell phones. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. Ban cell phones. (ak ban guns crowd) |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Interesting argument... |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Headsets won't improve things. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That depends entirely on the passenger.. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I appreciate what you're saying - |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I say ban them all - |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. And then we have those that think looking at the passenger while talking |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. actually, cell phone use in cars is increasingly regulated... |
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catrose (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. My insurance company asked me last week |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. I completely overlooked that part of the Bill of Rights concerning cell phones. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Um, you can still own things that are reasonably regulated -- your NRA-sparked tantrums aside... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
17. This, Folks, Is Why We Must Drain The Bayous |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. I can't count the number of times I've seen cellphone users |
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JayMusgrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. 15 years ago nobody had a cell phone and |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Agreed. People overestimate their ability to cell-talk and drive just as they do their |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Didn't he do exactly that? |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. There were other distractions before cellphones |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
23. Another death-dealing yahoo |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. I don't understand |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. i use my phone, as it is my ONLY phone. and i have needed it in my car. |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. That is exactly what I was talking about |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. actually, if i am lost i tend to pull over to find out where i need to go and call the person. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. so the guy was drunk driving. and talking on the phone? i tend not to talk on the phone while i am |
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Yunomi (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. CNN is playing this as |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. What part of "failed a field sobriety test ".....do they not get? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. It's weather related. |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
42. What a shitty way to die |
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