Did you know that it is illegal for a commercial driver (Bus, Truck, Taxi) to be on the phone while driving. Sam. Neigebauer, Ben wrote: >Vehicle size wouldn't matter if the person driving the offending car was >paying attention in the first place. > >Not that I should really be saying anything. I use my cell phone in the >car quite a bit. > > >Benjamin E. Neigebauer >Software Engineer >Compellent Technologies >Eden Prairie, MN 55344 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Matthew S. Hallacy [mailto:poptix at techmonkeys.org] >Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 2:50 PM >To: TCLUG Mailing List >Subject: Re: [TCLUG] RE: OT: big dumb cars > >On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 02:20:52PM -0600, Kent Schumacher wrote: > > >>Having known somebody who actually did plow *through* a fiberclass car >>and merrily wiped out a family, I can tell you that the fact that he >>didn't sustain injuries didn't really help him much. He managed to >>survive a couple more months until his birthday and then the pain >>became too much and he ended it. >> >> > >Perhaps we need better testing before allowing people to drive. I've >seen >plenty of accidents, most are caused by people being idiots talking on >their cell phones, reading a newspaper, applying makeup(!), reaching >into >the back seat to attend to a child.. the list goes on. > > > >>For the first time in decades the survivability of a crash is going >>down, and I think it's pretty safe to say it's because of the >>mismatch in vehicle sizes. >> >> > >So complain to your neighbors in their SUV's, I actually use my vehicle >for work. > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list