ha ha SADD. They must have been well and truly SAD to have conducted that study. Its a bit obvious that mobile phones are distracting while driving. Well done future Einsteins. What next?? The sun is a big glowing orange ball in the sky fuelled by nuclear fusion?? Wow

If you’re old enough to drive, you’re too old to be ****ing with text messages.

^^^^YEAH NO **** JEEZ, PUT THE TEXT AWAY FOR A WHILE AND DRIVE.

High school and college-aged girls are the worst. I see them hunting and pecking on their keypads every day while driving. And girls are better drivers than boys?? You’ll never convince me of that. Of course, Mrs. Soccer Mom and Mr. Business Deal are no less a threat.

–just a side note, I saw a man eating a bowl of cereal in the car on I-95 one day. He was resting the bowl on the steering wheel and eating -with a spoon- with his right hand.

Here’s a thought: late model BMW’s need you to insert the key fob into a receptacle before hitting the start button. Make the receptacle be for a cell phone instead, once it is inserted it is automatically turned off, and the vehicle won’t start until it is. The voice mail message could be: “I’m sorry but Suzie (or Bif) is trying to avoid hitting the bus in front of them at the moment. Please leave your inane message at the tone and they will get back to you in math class”

THESE IDIOTS AT LEFTLANE HAVEN’T REPORTED ON THE NEW F430 SCUDERIA. NOW THAT’S INTERESTING STUFF.
Here’s the link:http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/2053/

lol Me, can’t he have breakfast at his house for ****’s sake?

Well.. as far as text messages go themselves, they are useful at times. My wife and I have 200 a month, while we never use that many they can be handy when we just need to get a simple message through, especially in places where we can’t talk - like in a meeting, etc. As far as teens texting while driving - this is completely on the parents. It’s simple to find out when and where they are texting… if they see messages sent during a time they know their kid is driving then it’s up to them to do something about it - take the phone away or the car… tell them it’s one or the other. At the very least call the damn phone company and have messaging disabled on the kids phone. Then again, sometimes it’s the very same soccer-moms seen jabbering away on the phone while behind the wheel… so much for responsibility.

Aston, maybe that link would be useful if we weren’t talking about something completely ****ing different! Good lord, give them a ****ing break already. Why don’t you just start your own damn site so then you can report whatever, whenever you want, and then you can go comment on your own stories… douche…

I see alot of people driving on the interstate reading newspapers, eating subs and burgers… it’s a distraction, of course, and I wonder how many people out of 40,000 die from cell phone related incidents…

And if these “IDIOTS AT LEFTLANE” haven’t reported it yet, maybe you should move on? I noticed you’ve mentioned that two or three times already Aston Martin…

On a side note… didn’t SADD use to stand for “Students Against Drunk Driving?” At least that’s what that pansy-ass group was called when I was in school. I don’t think they ever actually did anything, just met one time to get their picture taken for the yearbook.

Text messages are dumb anyway. Use a phone for what it’s for — talking!

Fvck TXT crap! I have an attention span and patience. Long live proper English language!

u ppl sk. i txt n drv
SHHHRHHHHHHHHRREEEEECCCHHH BOOM
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Cell phones i cant figure them out,i have a hard time with the computer. My kids have cell phones and i do say that messages are usefull at times when my kinds just need to know something small,but well your driving come on. My kids always let there phones ring and let there voice mail take the call if there driving. My daughter has that onstar for her Aveo so she can talk with out having her hands on a phone its good for her safety and she talks the most on phones so i wanted to get that for her. I care about my kids and I know they will never use a cell phone well driving.

So basically these ****in’ teen wankstains admitted that their biggest driving distraction is that they are too ****in’ stupid to not do a text message while driving. That is the long and short of it. Messaging itself is not the distraction, but rather the stupid teenie-****ers themselves. Call is as it is, LLN. The teens are at fault, not the phones or the parents.
And teens, if you are gonna die behind the wheel, don’t die getting out a text message; die getting a blow job, you retarded worthless McD-munching asswipes.

It’s ****ing incredible that people have the nerve to text messages and drive at the same time. Stupid scumbags like that should be taken out back and shot! I don’t give a damn what their excuse is, when you step into a car as a driver, you DRIVE, or else…

If the cops don’t catch you, a fatal car accident will.

ugh people are ****in stupid

kids are just getting stupider and stupider.

Global Lightning hit the hammer right on the nail! WELCOME TO THE TEXT, TALK, CHANGE SHIRTS, CHANGE PANTS, DRINK COFFEE, DO SUDOKU, STOP SIGN IGNORING, DRIVING WORLD OF AMERICA!

Stupider is not a word

the world has officially lost its mind.

I won’t give them a break because even seriouswheels.com has pics of the scuderia. They are being pathetic.

wtf?!?

lol I never to txt messages. my dad kills me for doing tht (ex. for emergencies). when I get my own car, its gonna be a manual, (and you know what tht means!) bluetooth headset and bingo. though if I go to VA, i can’t have the headset.

The words some of you choose should be reserved for another topic in another place, this is an automobile thread, not a Metallica discussion. I understand this is a serious issue, but making statements such as this: “Stupid scumbags like that should be taken out back and shot!” and “retarded worthless McD-munching asswipes.” Keep in mind this group of ppl are your own sons and daughters. The truth is anyone with a cell phone has done this at least once. I dont have any kids but if i did id make damn sure they knew the proper protocol of phones and driving. Parents are responsible for their kids actions. They always have and they always will. If you cant control your children you both need help. Also the law needs to start pulling ppl over and giving tickets for witnessing such activities such as texting while driving.

ooooooo, a language lecture. Look, Karkat, pussyfooting around the fact that these worthless McD-munching asswipe scumbag punks isn’t going to help, so if people want to vent here then let them. The truth is the truth, and the little ****s should be shot.
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Now, as to your idea of (I quote here):
….. “the law need to start pulling ppl over and giving tickets for
…… witnessing such activities such as texting while driving”
why the hell should I be pulled over and ticketed because I witnessed the little asswipe next to me texting while driving??? What the **** did I do??? Ticket his dumb ass, not mine, and then after he pays take him out back and shoot him. WhyTF should I be ticketed and punished for seeing someone being a ****head? Are you nuts????

Personally I love laying on the horn at people while they’re on the cell talking and driving like asses. It’s just to let the person on the other end of the conversation know they are talking to a ticking time bomb. Could you imagine being on the other end of that conversation, chatting along and then the sudden shreik of ravaged metal and glass, and then ‘beep’… silence. I’ll see a bunch of these punk kids texting and weaving in the middle of traffic. Of course the best example of texting comes from central NY where an off duty cop was plastered, driving, and texting, while he took out 2 women crossing the street. One died. He was discharged from the police, without a day served in prison.

Anyway, I wish I knew how those folks in the 80’s and 90’s and ever since the model T ever got through a drive somewhere without ‘texting’.

Piablo, do you mean the Model T, or the Toyota Prius? The definition is so blurred.

No question, we in the cell-phone and Blackberry age are less safe than we were even a few years back. Something that’s been missing from the discussion is the fact that studies have shown that the “conversation” element of being on the cell phone is the most distracting part of talking on a cell phone while driving. Bluetooth and hands-free head sets perhaps reduce distraction (I think so, others may disagree), but the best thing to do is just stay off the phone, don’t even think about texting, and just take 15 minutes and eat your cheeseburger in the restaurant, instead of out on the road.
It probably isn’t true anymore, but I’ve heard that not that long ago, German automakers (and perhaps other Europoean makes as well) didn’t even include cup holders in their cars. Why? Because behind-the-wheel driving time was for driving only. No distractions.

I DONT EVEN TALK TO MY GIRL WHILE SHE IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT MUCH LESS TEXT HER DUMB ASS.

karkat, nobody agrees with you, please banish yourself…

karat watch the road and not some bozo texting, and as deanster so hilariously said”eat a bouquet of dicks

I’m actually going to agree with karkat, aside from the witnessing part (whether or not you meant the driver doing the texting or someone else watching the driver)… I’m sure there are a quite a few young drivers on this forum, and it’s your sons and daughters being talked about here.
I’m sure some of you are 12 year olds too, many of you have quite profane and immature language… let alone you can’t even spell half of it.
I also agree with Scarface03’s comment, take a few minutes to do whatever you necessarily need to do, and then go to work. Cars weren’t made to be leasurily, they were originally made to transport you to point A and B… I suppose now that there’s such a thing as a traffic jam, and the United States has thousands upon thousands of miles of roads and highways, you’re gonna end up spending lots of hours behind the wheel… I know many of my friends make 1 hour commutes to and from work, daily. But atleast my friends don’t put other peoples lives at risk, or use profane and illegible language…
I seldom use my cellphone, and 99% of the time I pull over into the nearest parking lot… I have no need for texting in the car. Generally I carry a drink in my car and a CD, and that’s it.

The “little ****s” should not be shot, they should have their phone service taken away before an accident happens, and charged a ridiculous amount of cash… or maybe auto manufactures should make some sort of device that doesn’t allow texting when the vehicle is in motion, same for Ipods.

jJay you must have the most boring group of ****ing friends on the planet.
And despite what you think, the little ****s should definitely be shot.

lmho, they’re not boring at all RicardoHead. They just choose not to drive like maniacs on the road (and I’m sure you’d like more people to be like that, right? I hate my insurance rates enough already, and I don’t need them to go up because some idiot didn’t notice the stop sign and hits you around a blind turn, or some kid racer in their riced up BMW drives at 120 down the highway, and 5 minutes later you see an ambulance attending that same BMW… and yes, that all happened, the BMW being an accident on the highway I saw a few months ago, and the blind turn incident a relative… fortunately they didn’t get hurt, and the car was in for repair shortly). And excuse me, yes they do curse, but they atleast know how to spell it.

Too many teenagers are disrespectful, they’ve become demoralized (doing something politically or mentally “right” doesn’t count as morals… we all have that urge when we see a good looking lady walking down the street to hit on her, that doesn’t mean we should go with it *cough* married *cough*… well, just because you have a cell phone does it mean you should use it and endanger others lives?), but they should not be shot. Taxes seem high enough, and I’m sure there are plenty of these kids out there, so charge them a high ticket. I don’t use texting, it’s not on my plan, so I’m not worried!

I’m glad to hear most of you got my back on this one. I know now that there are still sane people out there with some common sense.

jJayC08,you stupid **** face **** master are you ever going to live life on the edge. this is a free speech web site not a spelling bee.

karkat, thanks for the parenting lesson ya donkey ****ing **** eater, i can see your future kids doing everything you told them not to do.

THEY NEED TO STAY FOCUS……YEAH MON!!

Ricardohead - LOL! The lines certainly have been blurred!

In terms of talking about sons and daughters, what happened to stern parents??? Maybe if parents knew that their kids could be the reason that someone on the highway or even themselves were the reason someone died, maybe they would have taken a harder stance as parents. Just because they may be your kids, does not mean they’re not little ****s. If I find out my future kids pull this kind of ****, I will beat their asses into submission!

Sweet… the mild-mannered Ukrainian Burmaneski is even insulting you idiots… the free world is a wonderful place.

I’m sure every driver who owns a cell phone (that means all of us) has made or received calls while driving. Not smart, but we’ve all done it at some point. Besides, with all the Bluetooth headsets and stereo interfaces nowadays, it’s possible to do it relatively safely. Sending text messages while driving however, is just plain dangerous and dumb… and yes, the little ****s should be taken out back and shot… in the leg or crotch so they can sit, bleed & think about what dick heads they’ve been. Them and the drunk drivers, slow-ass drivers hogging the fast lane and idiots who speed up or block you when you try to overtake them.

texting while driving?

wtf happened to talking? I’m sure you get a trillion minutes.

madcapp, deantj, luclylou: Y’all speak for me on this one

global: pure comedy!

Ricardo “Head” I think you’ve got your priorities in order

They shoun’t be shot, the police should snatch them out of their cars and give them 15 minutes of baton therapy, record it and put it on YouTube

Piablo needs some baton therapy. And I don’t mean shoving it up his ringpiece for his pleasure. And the line about “beating” your kids asses’ into submission? Creepy. You ****ing pedophile, I knew it.

WTF happened to Burmanesski? Is that your son typing for you? So after I get this patronizing lecture on language, his kids get on and out pops this stream of filth. To which I say “keep it coming!” (in your face)

No deanster that was me it just sets me off when there are a buch of queer beer drinkers on this site. Also deanster you must keep on your insults because even if you are refering any to me there are really funny. Fun and Games.

I meen they are really funny not there are funny. i still have trouble with Ukrainian to English

yes bumannesski you caught on, too funny when you called that guy a “**** faced **** master” oh man that has me laughing a good one.
hahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!