Young Life Snuffed Out

[williepete]

Posting on Facebook, taking and sending "selfies" while driving. Now she's dead. A year or two ago, a lady near us lost control of her SUV while talking on the phone. In the one car accident she and her 12-year-old daughter were killed. The lady's arm was torn off and thrown clear of the wreckage. Her severed hand was found still clutching the cell phone.

Every day when I'm on the highway, more people than not are talking on the phone or texting. Weaving all over the place at 70+ mph. I'm sure you all have the same stories and have grown used to this.

If you behave like this behind the wheel, please stop.

Insanity.

Woman posts about ‘Happy’ song on Facebook seconds before fatal Business 85 crash

Woman posts about "Happy" song on Facebook seconds before fatal Business 85 crash | MyFOX8.com

“In a matter of seconds, a life was over just so she could notify some friends that she was happy,” says Weisner.

As investigators were tracing back Sanford’s online activity, they discovered she was also posting selfies as she drove down the road.

Sanford was letting her friends know how happy she was at that moment, and sadly that moment was one of her last.

 

[hjmick]

Well, she died doing what she loved...

 

[williepete]

Young woman looses a leg and her baby. The lady who was texting got a ticket for causing an accident.

 

[Jughead]

I don't believe a ban on cell phone use while driving is the solution. Although 12 states do indeed have bans on hand held cell phone use while driving. They may as well also have bans on drinking coffee or soda while driving since those are distractions which can also cause accidents. Drivers need to be responsible, and held accountable for their actions. This means using the cell phone only if it does not pose a distraction (for instance like dialing when at a red light).

 

[Katzndogz]

What happened to prohibitions don't work? It's freedom! People drive drunk. They should be allowed to text and drive or be stoned and drive.

 

[ScienceRocks]

What happened to prohibitions don't work? It's freedom! People drive drunk. They should be allowed to text and drive or be stoned and drive.

They should be shot if they kill someone after doing such.

 

[Granny]

And freedom isn't really freedom is it when it deprives someone else of their freedom - particularly when it comes to their life? That's when "freedom" becomes total irresponsibility.

I can't talk on a cell phone and drive - it's impossible. I try to keep my mind on the road and I can't pay attention, hold the phone, the steering wheel and shift gears all at the same time. If I'm doing distance driving, I do clamp the phone to my dash, but I also have a bluetooth device working, too. I don't even attempt to make an outgoing call and I keep any very few incoming calls VERY short. I don't even answer my cell phone when I'm driving locally. I figure it can wait until I get where I'm going and stop.

 

[WinterBorn]

The states that ban holding the cell phone while you talk are wasting their time.

Holding something in your hand isn't the problem. Smokers have been doing it for years and have not caused more accidents.

When you are on the phone your attention is divided. Often the call takes more of your attention than your driving. That is where the trouble comes in. Driving can be boring as hell, right up to the time it becomes more exciting than you bargained for.

If you are going to be on the phone for more than a minute or two, pull over and talk. If you need to send a text, get off the road and THEN send the text.