this driving thing is really whats dangerous. better outlaw that.
do you guys make a distinction between hands-free and hand-held? if not,
better ban talking to a passenger.
i dont own a cell phone, but once i made a call from the cobra using one.
i, of course, could not hear a thing, so just waited some amount of time
after dialing and started talking. didnt even know if a machine or a person
hung up. thats been my only call from a car, ever.
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Mouton <jerry@moutons.org>
To: Carl Merritt <CMerritt@luminous.com>; Bay_Area_Autocross_List
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: How racers drive
> Carl,
>
> How do you figure that? You're distracted when taking
> a bite, but the rest of the time you can concentrate.
>
> So you're saying that since there are REALLY distracting
> things, it's OK to distract yourself with a cell phone?
> BZZZZT! Wrong answer.
>
> Don't eat while driving, though, don't phone while driving,
> we'll all be better off.
>
> Anyone who makes excuses for distracting himself while driving
> is not doing a good job of driving. Or, is it OK to drive distracted?
>
> Heck, I guess if reckless driving is against the law, we can just
> take all the other highway laws off the books, right ; -)
>
> Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps
rouler!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Merritt" <CMerritt@luminous.com>
> To: "'Jerry Mouton'" <jerry@moutons.org>; "'Anthony Tabacco'"
<atabacco@california.com>; "'Bay_Area_Autocross_List'"
> <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 4:11 PM
> Subject: RE: How racers drive
>
>
> > Actually, the #1 distraction by far is eating, therefore by your logic
we
> > should outlaw drive-through fast food service and eating when on the
road.
> >
> > Or, we could just make driving distracted illegal and not nitpick
everybody
> > to death, and it is already, reckless driving.
> >
> > -Carl
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jerry Mouton [mailto:jerry@moutons.org]
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:17 PM
> > > To: Anthony Tabacco; Bay_Area_Autocross_List
> > > Subject: Re: How racers drive
> > >
> > >
> > > Sorry, Tony,
> > >
> > > Great record, but if you talk on the phone while driving,
> > > you're cruisin for a bruisin. It's a distraction, it's a
> > > basically different sort of distraction to listening to music
> > > or talking with a passenger. It's dangerous, and shame on
> > > you for doing it.
> > >
> > > No comments about women drivers, but if you want a real
> > > "loser count", try counting how many of the drivers
> > > you see doing bonehead moves or acting like they are
> > > in another world are talking on a phone of some type.
> > >
> > > It should be illegal, and I'm gonna work to make it so.
> > >
> > > Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les
> > > bons temps rouler!
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Anthony Tabacco" <atabacco@california.com>
> > > > > Tony tabacco (writes):
> > > > >
> > > > > >(behind the wheel 39 years, no tickets, no accidents, so
> > > don't even
> > > > > >think about phone in car comments)
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