Texting while driving

[dzimbric]

Back when I was an active member of the Iron Butt motorcycle community whose initiation requires riding 1000 miles in 24 hours or less I regularly rode and operated my GPS at the same time, plus receiver phone calls via the electronics in the helmet. I got stung by bees on the neck or chin several times at highway speeds too, that requires a certain amount of concentration to pull over and remove your helmet,

Now I look back and wonder how I survived some of those things.

 

[Sysop]

I learned to drive fiddling with all sorts of levers, knobs, and buttons in my 70s era luxo-barge that was my first car and the communications device of the day was a CB radio... After a couple decades, I've pretty-well learned to do most anything I need to with a firm grip on the wheel and both eyes on the road. My current cell phone I can type with one finger and no-looking, and do so as quickly as many folk do using two thumbs and full attention. Also, speech to text is getting much better, but the noise cancelling at highway speeds still creates a lot of errors.

What I find sort of silly is the fact that texting while driving is illegal, but fiddling with your phone's GPS and a few other things is not...

 

[turnkey4099]

Heck my first car had little yellow plastic things that flipped out on either side of the car to indicate turns, (never worked properly)

I had one where you stuck your arm out the windo in various positions.

 

[turnkey4099]

I learned to drive fiddling with all sorts of levers, knobs, and buttons in my 70s era luxo-barge that was my first car and the communications device of the day was a CB radio... After a couple decades, I've pretty-well learned to do most anything I need to with a firm grip on the wheel and both eyes on the road. My current cell phone I can type with one finger and no-looking, and do so as quickly as many folk do using two thumbs and full attention. Also, speech to text is getting much better, but the noise cancelling at highway speeds still creates a lot of errors.

What I find sort of silly is the fact that texting while driving is illegal, but fiddling with your phone's GPS and a few other things is not...

Yep. That big video display screen is a distraction in itself let alone all the things that you can play with on it.

 

[joefromga]

What about the video display billboards that say don't text and drive?

 

[Garycw]

What about the video display billboards that say don't text and drive?

Motion billboards or billboards in general are a big distraction and eyesore on the landscape. One of the many things I liked about Hawaii was the absence of them. Even the McDonalds signs were about the size of s realtor for sale sign and low to the ground. Much nicer and distracting.

 

[Howling]

Out on highway today approaching construction area they had couple of portable message signs. Both included:

Phone Down
Head Up

 

[Deere Dude]

I backed into a Napa parking spot yesterday so I wouldn't have to carry m,y battery so far to get it checked out plus it was very hot out. Less time in the heat carrying a heavy battery.
I did my thing and when done I got into the hot truck and started it up. While cooling down I was rapping on the heat and cool control because the high speed fan didn't come on, and while doing that I felt a bump.

It seems I had it in reverse and eased my foot off the brake while concentrating on the fan control and the truck rolled over a concrete bumper which was 4' in back of me when I parked. The truck bumper was about a foot from an big plate glass window when I reigned it in. Dang that is scary.

 

[Creamer]

Heck my first car had little yellow plastic things that flipped out on either side of the car to indicate turns, (never worked properly)

OK I have to ask - how old are you? Or was this a go-kart?

 

[Creamer]

Or drivers on 2-lane busy highways that don't use cruise control. Constantly varying speed.

I would really irritate you as I haven't used Cruise control in 20 years minimum.