Re: Sudden Acceleration (Or lack of) and some other stuffs.....

["Jorel Jackson" <kondor77@hotmail.com>]

>Alex Ting wrote:
>> 
>> .
>> >I think cell phones should be banned too, but that'll  never happen.
>> >Too many CEOs *need* them.  Yeah, right.
>> >
>> 
>> hey now,
>> there are many of us out there that actually need our
>> cel phones.  But some of us are not stupid enough to
>> use them while driving.  If I get a call while driving, it'll
>> just have to wait until I pull over, or that's what voice mail
>> is for.
>
>I have no problem with people who use cell phones responsibly.  You've
>got to admit, though, that those people are in the minority.  I'll also
>acknowledge that some people really *do* need them, but I think those
>are a minority, too.  I went to school, for instance, with a lady who
>had a child with a severe illness, and she carried a cell phone in her
>purse.  There were several instances where she needed to leave to 
attend
>to her kid; I have no problem with that, either.
>
>It just seems to me that the number of people who *really* need them, 
as
>opposed to the number who only *think* they need them, is way, way,
>small.
>
>> It's just like everything else in this world:
>> it's not the object itself, but the intelligence level of the
>> operator.
>
>Agreed again.  I wonder how many people objected when radios were first
>put in cars?  Or CBs?
>
>Still, I have to say this:  There are so many people who misuse the 
damn
>things that I think the best course of action would be to ban them.  
Or,
>maybe a better idea:  Make talking on the phone while driving a
>ticketable offense, with penalties equal to those of drunk driving.
>
>Still, that doesn't ring true, either; I know some people who drive
>better totally trashed than others do while totally sober.  Hell, there
>are people I'd never get in the car with in *any* state, and others I'd
>ride with if they were too drunk to walk.  (Not really, but you know
>what I mean.)  There's an answer out there, I'm sure...
>
>Seriously, no offense to capable and responsible cell phone users
>intended.  It's just that you're outnumbered by idiots.
>
>Carlyle

Don't they have headmikes you can use with those things, kind of like 
pilots and race car drivers use?

JSJackson

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