Comments on: Call causes cell phone ban senator to crash SUV

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Tue, 29 May 2007 23:59:55 +0000

Toyota and Honda crash n2 each other?
NHI!

By: Mr.Lude

Mr.Lude — Sun, 27 May 2007 23:27:29 +0000

Just like that other official that was talking aboout seatbelt safety yet he wasn’t wearing one when his driver crashed. Hypocrites!

By: Mitch Bangowitz

Mitch Bangowitz — Thu, 24 May 2007 16:17:48 +0000

“Although driving while talking/texting is a distraction and can be dangerous, it is NOT as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. Expect to see more citations for driving and talking, the hands free is generally accepted as “safe” practice by law in most cities.
If I had a dollar for every cop I saw driving and talking on cell, I’d probably have $25″

TEXTING is not as dangerous as driving drunk????
Are you kidding? You must be 15 years old you moron.

By: mlm1703

mlm1703 — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:18:26 +0000

is this really automotive news? it is funny though.

By: snork

snork — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:32:26 +0000

If she doesn’t get any tickets that’s bullsh!t. I had a “minor” rear end collision in traffic, and of course I got slapped with a ticket for following too closely. Most any rear-end collision is the fault of the person in the back and they should be ticketed, I didn’t even bother to fight mine:-/

By: Carnut4ever

Carnut4ever — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:49:29 +0000

She should resign ASAP because the world do not need inept politicians who think they are special because she holds a high ranking position in the government.

By: swamprat

swamprat — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:18:04 +0000

I have very little to add to the already excellent comments on this hypocritical “do as I say” politician. The noy thing that I would add is that maybe we should tear up the voting cards of the people who put her and all the current crop of policians in office, Republican and Democrat. The American public is clearly incapable of making an informed decision given the current crop of rot and crap we have running on both sides for president all the way down to city council.

By: deutschetouring1337

deutschetouring1337 — Thu, 24 May 2007 07:34:53 +0000

ZzZzZzZzZ……….come on you new LL guys get on the ball, whats up with Hondas new AVTEC, the new Audi GT car, non R8, what about Audis revised planbeing hesitant to put Lambo V10s into the R8 chassis?!? Reliability is going to bring it down?!? Cylinder spacing too small…. What about a new Supercar coming out of the Netherlands? Just use Google alerts which im sure you noobs are using. The new Honda V8 small displacement big power…what about Hondas new hatchback design being so epoch making VW, Renault, Citroen, Peugeot, Nissan, all have had to revise and scrap 2-3 yr old hatchback designs. Also whats up with a Linux test kernel powering the cars of the future?!?

By: truong

truong — Thu, 24 May 2007 05:39:47 +0000

no she’s just a women

By: Sharif

Sharif — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:28:42 +0000

typo, Sounds

By: Sharif

Sharif — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:28:19 +0000

Ounds like she was drunk

By: Elvio

Elvio — Thu, 24 May 2007 03:58:46 +0000

Whoever voted for her is a moron!

By: 0GSharK6

0GSharK6 — Thu, 24 May 2007 03:54:32 +0000

Driving on a cell phone and driving under the influence are vastly different. I’m not 100% when I’m on a cell phone but I’m aware enough to not get in an accident, let alone hit a barrier. People who can’t drive annoy the hell outta me.

By: deantj

deantj — Thu, 24 May 2007 03:27:07 +0000

Woman drivers no survivors.

Whore got what she deserved.

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:40:19 +0000

“brcart3r”, a monkey understands the irony and could come up with countless analogies that better relate to the situation presented … the monkey, however would compare apples to apples and exclude bananas from the equation.

By: 1966_GTO_

1966_GTO_ — Thu, 24 May 2007 00:28:35 +0000

Surprising? No. Amusing? Hell yes!

By: truong

truong — Wed, 23 May 2007 23:58:42 +0000

women drivers

By: Stridder44

Stridder44 — Wed, 23 May 2007 22:51:04 +0000

Hold on guys I’ll brb, Irony is knocking on my door.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 23 May 2007 22:32:54 +0000

big deal… is there something in there that no one knew about

By: PrimeGTP

PrimeGTP — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:05:04 +0000

Fatstrat, I agree. A stint living in the UK showed me many things wrong about that country, but one thing they got right is the driving test. You have to learn with a stick, and they actually make you do things like stop and go on hills and whatnot to make sure you are fully capable. Compare that to the typical US test, which is to drive up and down the block and BAM, here’s your license. Hell, half the time they skip even the k-turn and parallel park tests.

By: gitcypher

gitcypher — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:27:30 +0000

Soooo… a w-o-m-a-n crashed her SUV?

By: Fatstrat

Fatstrat — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:09:08 +0000

If you are incapable of operating a cell phone and driving safely at the same time you should not be allowed behind the wheel. Is it more difficult to change the station on your stereo than to answer a cell phone or push speed dial? Compare lighting a cigarette to listening to your voice mail?
People are just stupid. Outlaw cell phones in cars and they will just replace it with something else to be distracted by.
The answer is to train drivers properly and create a better overall attitude towards using the road.

Typical political solution is to miss the real problem to begin with which in this case is letting women drive at all.

By: PrimeGTP

PrimeGTP — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:01:35 +0000

Add this to the Jon Corzine incident and the hilarity of it is outrageous. These are the people we vote into office in this country. George “Love them illegals tending my ranch!” Bush, Ted “Never met a bottle of booze I didn’t like” Kennedy, Jon “Racing down the highway to bash Imus” Corzine, Hillary “Social(screwyouLLN)ism is my middle name” Clinton, John “What’s my position this week?” Kerry, John “What tv show am I on today?” McCain….I could go on forever. Now this twit.

By: brcart3r

brcart3r — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:59:58 +0000

Impulsive, Carole Migden and Al Gore both share a hypocritical life style, but I dont think Piablo was comparing the accident to his house. She wants to ruduce accidents, however she causes one when shes destracted by her cell. Gore warns about global warming, however his house uses about 10 times the amount of energy of the normal home. They both preach for the better of mankind, but they really dont fallow their own rules. Its true the crash could have sent someone to the hospital and done some serious damage.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
—-George Carlin

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:40:46 +0000

Riiiiiiiight, ’cause Gore’s hypocrisy could kill anyone’s family on a drive to their child’s recital.

Keep your bias out of your analogies, idiot.

By: christianboy10

christianboy10 — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:37:41 +0000

yea spit in the sky it fall in you own eye

By: Brendino

Brendino — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:32:25 +0000

Bah, this article was just posted so we could make cynical and ridiculing comments about politicians

Hey, Left Lane, did you catch the article about NYC cab fleets going over to hybrids? I saw it in the paper and thought of this site

By: HoosierHero

HoosierHero — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:22:52 +0000

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!! Idiot…

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:15:16 +0000

can you hear me now …………… goooood haha

By: Fletch

Fletch — Wed, 23 May 2007 18:37:05 +0000

Although driving while talking/texting is a distraction and can be dangerous, it is NOT as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. Expect to see more citations for driving and talking, the hands free is generally accepted as “safe” practice by law in most cities.
If I had a dollar for every cop I saw driving and talking on cell, I’d probably have $25…

By: gbb

gbb — Wed, 23 May 2007 18:04:00 +0000

Driving while talking on cell phone is every bit as dangerous as driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Almost without exception, when I see someone doing some irratic driving, they are on their cell phone. Using one while driving should treated just like DUI.

By: bacalao

bacalao — Wed, 23 May 2007 18:03:47 +0000

what a dumb ass lady. no **** she wants to ban cell phone use if shes that stupid. the thing, however, is that she has to understand that90% of people out actually have a decent level of intelligence and their driving will not be bothered by their usage of a cell phone. i wish i had the chance to smack that stupid senator.

By: Piablo

Piablo — Wed, 23 May 2007 18:03:43 +0000

Hey, no different than Al Gore living in his 20,000sq.ft house while selling carbon credits to the ‘other’ polluters of the world. As Kaptain said, everyone gets what they deserve. The only positive note I can take from this article is that someone on the other end of that phone call got to hear her hypocritical ass wreck her car. I hope the egomaniac is embarassed to hell.

By: jonnycat

jonnycat — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:57:32 +0000

Are they sure it’s not Steven Seagal? He is the only one I know of that is “ABOVE THE LAW”. lol

Cell phone $75
Hybrid Rav-4 $40,000
Honda Civic $20,000

One ill timed phone call to put the national spolight on your own stupidness, Priceless

By: F451

F451 — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:56:13 +0000

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/18/BAG9MPTMU88.DTL