I said i use voice dialing and a bluetooth. and yes, to me MY TWO KIDS are more important to me than ANYthing else. HOWEVER….i also said i agree that you should not use a cell phone without a bluetooth. (and i have never had an accident)
How did our parents function without cellphones? How did they keep track of us? It’s amazing the human race did not cease to exist without cellphones and blackberries!
Well, here in California, we recently implemented a “hands fee device” requirement. Huh. What is the fine, $10. for the first offense and $20. for the second??? I got a ticket for PARKING in my OWN driveway for $85.00….what’s the logic in that? I guess they figure my emergency break will release and roll into a pedestrian…fought this ticket and lost(that’s another story)….
As a matter of fact, I am seeing more and more drivers losing the bluetooth and going back to the hand-held. WT*? I say ban cell phones all together in the cars and implement fines that would really make a person think three times before talking on a cell phone while driving. Maybe a $500. for the first offense, $1,000 for the second. (I have trouble speaking to a passenger in my car. Have told people to “wait” to talk to me because of traffic jams in the financial district..too many cars, bikes and pedestrians).
Also, has it occured to anyone that you can pull over and chit-chat? That’s what I do…no phone, no bluetooth…I ignore the phone while I drive. I will pull over to make my call….I can’t find a phone booth anymore (what’s a phone booth?)….
I don’t know of a single person closing an important business deal on the cell phone while driving….how rude to your client if you try!
I guess common courtesy is on the way out…it’s me, me, me first…
Cheli, and a few others, read the article, Bluetooth does not help. Its still dangerous.
And Cheli, why would you pull over? Just let it go to voice mail!! Call your loser friends back some other time. How bout talking to your kids instead of chatting on the phone!! Kids are smart, they know they are being neglected.
Cheli,
I just read your first post….I am a mother of four…how do you think I do it?
Evidently, you are more concerned with going somewhere than the safety of your children. What kind of example are you setting for them? Then you’ll be sorry when you do have an accident and someone gets really hurt becasue all you can think about is yourself…what do you think we did before cell phones? Whatever it is, it can wait……
Sorry, Cheli. Disagree. We CHOOSE to put more on our plate than we can handle. Something has to be sacrificed. Work, family, safety… Ask yourself, is that phone call more important than your safety and the safety of others around you?
“Times were different then, parents have a lot more to worry about now”.
Cheli, are you being facetious? You can’t be serious….is that soccer game a matter of life and death? You don’t know how much EASIER we have it than back in the 60’s.
Maybe you should stop chatting on the phone and start listening to your kids and interact with them more…the sure do know when they are being ignored…
“Times were different then, parents have a lot more to worry about now”.
Cheli, are you being facetious? You can’t be serious….is that soccer game a matter of life and death? You don’t know how much EASIER we have it than back in the 60’s.
Maybe you should stop chatting on the phone and start listening to your kids and interact with them more…the sure do know when they are being ignored…
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I said i use voice dialing and a bluetooth. and yes, to me MY TWO KIDS are more important to me than ANYthing else. HOWEVER….i also said i agree that you should not use a cell phone without a bluetooth. (and i have never had an accident)
How did our parents function without cellphones? How did they keep track of us? It’s amazing the human race did not cease to exist without cellphones and blackberries!
Times were different then, parents have a lot more to worry about now.
Well, here in California, we recently implemented a “hands fee device” requirement. Huh. What is the fine, $10. for the first offense and $20. for the second??? I got a ticket for PARKING in my OWN driveway for $85.00….what’s the logic in that? I guess they figure my emergency break will release and roll into a pedestrian…fought this ticket and lost(that’s another story)….
As a matter of fact, I am seeing more and more drivers losing the bluetooth and going back to the hand-held. WT*? I say ban cell phones all together in the cars and implement fines that would really make a person think three times before talking on a cell phone while driving. Maybe a $500. for the first offense, $1,000 for the second. (I have trouble speaking to a passenger in my car. Have told people to “wait” to talk to me because of traffic jams in the financial district..too many cars, bikes and pedestrians).
Also, has it occured to anyone that you can pull over and chit-chat? That’s what I do…no phone, no bluetooth…I ignore the phone while I drive. I will pull over to make my call….I can’t find a phone booth anymore (what’s a phone booth?)….
I don’t know of a single person closing an important business deal on the cell phone while driving….how rude to your client if you try!
I guess common courtesy is on the way out…it’s me, me, me first…
Cheli, and a few others, read the article, Bluetooth does not help. Its still dangerous.
And Cheli, why would you pull over? Just let it go to voice mail!! Call your loser friends back some other time. How bout talking to your kids instead of chatting on the phone!! Kids are smart, they know they are being neglected.
Cheli,
I just read your first post….I am a mother of four…how do you think I do it?
Evidently, you are more concerned with going somewhere than the safety of your children. What kind of example are you setting for them? Then you’ll be sorry when you do have an accident and someone gets really hurt becasue all you can think about is yourself…what do you think we did before cell phones? Whatever it is, it can wait……
Ok folks, when the next article about DWI comes up, remember, cell phones are just as dangerous! Its in the article.
So…bring on the cell phone road blocks, and impound peoples cars. If there is an injury accident, send them straight to jail.
Arent you MADD about cell phones?
Sorry, Cheli. Disagree. We CHOOSE to put more on our plate than we can handle. Something has to be sacrificed. Work, family, safety… Ask yourself, is that phone call more important than your safety and the safety of others around you?
“Times were different then, parents have a lot more to worry about now”.
Cheli, are you being facetious? You can’t be serious….is that soccer game a matter of life and death? You don’t know how much EASIER we have it than back in the 60’s.
Maybe you should stop chatting on the phone and start listening to your kids and interact with them more…the sure do know when they are being ignored…
“Times were different then, parents have a lot more to worry about now”.
Cheli, are you being facetious? You can’t be serious….is that soccer game a matter of life and death? You don’t know how much EASIER we have it than back in the 60’s.
Maybe you should stop chatting on the phone and start listening to your kids and interact with them more…the sure do know when they are being ignored…