if you aren't part of the solution...

sun rat · Post by **sun rat** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:45 am

first a picture.
from d_klein, a rider on my lj friend's list.

the rider was tossed into the pickup truck bed and was ok.

so i posted this picture on an email list i am on. along with the simple sentence "HANG UP THE FUCKING CELLPHONE AND DRIVE".

from a subsequent email:

BEFORE YOU BITE MY HEAD OFF, please let me say that I go *so* far out of my way to pay *EXTREMELY* close attention to what I'm doing when I'm driving that frankly, I think I'm a better driver when I'm on the phone, because I don't allow things like highway hypnosis to alter my perception. And if something is happening on the road where I can't talk, I'll just *STOP TALKING*. Nobody yet has complained about that to me. ("I-gotta-go-*click*" is all they'll get sometimes).

the justifications people use... idiot. and what's worse? she used to ride a motorcycle.

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:03 am

"I think I actually drive better after a couple of drinks."

--Jaeger

smashinator · Post by **smashinator** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:13 am

I think I drive better with nails stuck in my eyes and a rabid weasel chewing on my nuts, because I don't fall prey to highway hypnosis. If things get hairy on the road and I need to focus, I've always got time to ask the rabid weasel to stop chewing my nuts and put on its seatbelt.

xtian · Post by **xtian** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:46 am

I'm a better driver when I'm not actually in the car but the car is driving down the road at 200 mph with babies strapped on the front bumper and two jerricans of fuel in the trunk covered with higly sensitive explosives because it sharpens my sense of responsabilities.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:16 am

I think I'm a better driver...of, fuck it, you just can't beat those.

But someone should beat that cellphone talking lady.
Allow me to, once again, propose a simple law: Caught driving with the fucking phone? Choose. One year no driving or one year no cellphone. Because, evidently, you cannot be trusted with both.
Repeat offence? Choose. No driving or no cellphone. For LIVE!
But how are you going to get to work? Get a scooter and see if you can talk while riding that through the throng of cellphoning asshats.

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:45 am

RevCBL wrote:I think I'm a better driver when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive...." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming "Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?" Nobody yet has complained about that to me.

Really no point mentioning those bats, though. The poor bastards will see them soon enough.

--Jaeger

roadmissile · Post by **roadmissile** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:50 am

I drive better when a girl is going down on me because...

No, no I don't.

/RM

Metalredneck · Post by **Metalredneck** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:26 am

You all drive better when I stay home.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:38 am

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2009/07 ... ntion.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/techn ... ?th&emc=th

monstergirl · Post by **monstergirl** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:26 am

Rev, that's awesome.

For the life of me, I will NEVER understand what is so fucking important in everyone's lives that they need to tell someone about it RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! I can tell you that nothing in my life is so important that it's worth risking my life and everyone else's lives that I need to talk on the phone when driving.

Honestly, I've got a bluetooth headset I might use once in a blue moon when driving in a big straight line in eastern Washington, but seriously almost never.

But then again, I'm not always the best at even holding a conversation with other people in the car when I'm driving. I've been known to just say "I'm sorry, traffic is bad and I'm not listening to you right now." Most people I've known like it that I care about their life.

UndertheGun · Post by **UndertheGun** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:27 am

sun rat wrote:
BEFORE YOU BITE MY HEAD OFF, please let me say that I go *so* far out of my way to pay *EXTREMELY* close attention to what I'm doing when I'm driving that frankly, I think I'm a better driver when I'm on the phone, because I don't allow things like highway hypnosis to alter my perception. And if something is happening on the road where I can't talk, I'll just *STOP TALKING*. Nobody yet has complained about that to me. ("I-gotta-go-*click*" is all they'll get sometimes).

Is it possible to shoot someone through the internet?

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:33 am

Its funny you say that DerGolgo, I was watching a show (on what channel I do not recall) about the construction of the Autobahn, some road in Germany I think. Anyhow, the show made mention of the fact that 80's german cars had no cupholders, and the manufacturer's couldn't understand why there was a clamor in the US to include them in future models. From what the car builders back then said,
"Why would you have something to drink while you are driving? I mean, you're driving, what else do you need to be doing?"
Poignant (sp), fuck that lady in her ear. BTW was the rider wearing a helmet?

sun rat · Post by **sun rat** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:45 am

the email exchange went for a couple more emails.

but in a nutshell, WHEN i see this woman again, and i WILL see her someday soon, i will stomp her fucking phone into bits, if she has not seen the light. period.

the fucking idiot.

sun rat · Post by **sun rat** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:46 am

Bigshankhank wrote:Its funny you say that DerGolgo, I was watching a show (on what channel I do not recall) about the construction of the Autobahn, some road in Germany I think. Anyhow, the show made mention of the fact that 80's german cars had no cupholders, and the manufacturer's couldn't understand why there was a clamor in the US to include them in future models. From what the car builders back then said,
"Why would you have something to drink while you are driving? I mean, you're driving, what else do you need to be doing?"
Poignant (sp), fuck that lady in her ear. BTW was the rider wearing a helmet?

i don't know if the rider was wearing a helmet, but he was tossed into the bed of the pickup truck and was uninjured enough to walk away from this mess. you can see the sleeve of his jacket by the saddle bag in the foreground.

roadmissile · Post by **roadmissile** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:04 pm

UndertheGun wrote:Is it possible to shoot someone through the internet?

Maybe if you use a meme gun...

/RM

12ci · Post by **12ci** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:59 pm

sun rat wrote:but in a nutshell, WHEN i see this woman again, and i WILL see her someday soon, i will stomp her fucking phone into bits, if she has not seen the light. period..

tape it & post on youtube or vimeo.

you'll be the star of the internet.

piccini9 · Post by **piccini9** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:46 pm

I drive better when I keep my eye on the ball, go back slow, and follow through.

The Shifty Jesus · Post by **The Shifty Jesus** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:26 pm

Groove · Post by **Groove** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:40 pm

sun rat wrote:

That'll buff right out.

Flatline · Post by **Flatline** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:23 am

roadmissile wrote:
UndertheGun wrote:Is it possible to shoot someone through the internet?
Maybe if you use a meme gun...

/RM

I was going to do the "pewpewpew" cat, but this is way better.