She murdered someone............I bet she gets off with a slap on the wrist.

[know1]

20 year old girl plows into 2 others (her best friends), killing on and critically injuring the other.

She was PLAYING around with her iPOD.........

LOCK HER UP.......

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539780,00.html

Make an example out of this...............

THE DUMB kids, and even DUMBER adults that text, play with their iPOD, etc, etc, are WORSE than drunk drivers.

Vent OFF.

AND NO........I don't text, and NO, I don't mess with my iPOD in the car, and NO I don't dial numbers (I have voice activated bluetooth ).....

Bottom LINE Personal responsibility...........

Later,

Geo

Do you ever adjust the radio?

[RoadToad]

What the punishment in this case should be is indeed a very difficult call, but I think there's got to be significant jail time involved. And getting caught using one behind the wheel at all should be a big fine and mandatory license suspension. Hand-held electronics are becoming more and more ubiquitous. A whole lot of young people have them, and more and more will in the future. They need to know that using them behind the wheel will get you into BIG trouble, whether or not you hurt or kill someone.

A lot of people believe that using a hands-free device like a Bluetooth is safer than talking on a hand-held cell phone, and there's even been legislation passed based on this assumption, but there's no evidence to support that, and those laws are nothing more than "feel-good legislation." In fact, all the evidence suggests that your ability to drive is just as impaired as if you were on a hand-held. It's not the act of holding the phone up to your ear that's distracting, it's listening to the person on the other end of the line.
http://www.latimes.com/features/heal...,3192911.story

I use a Bluetooth, but still, I generally don't answer my phone when I'm driving, and if I do, I keep it real short. I've never had anybody get mad at me when I told them, "Hey, I"m driving. Mind if I call you back in a few minutes?"

[bassin_bug]

Do you ever adjust the radio?

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Who? Me?!! YES, I DO.........when I pop in a CD before I back out of my garage. Yes, at a red light; yes, in a parking lot; but NOT WHILE I'M DRIVING. I've even been guilty of applying lipstick and checking my hair and teeth at those same places. Since I had to stop, may as well make good use of the time.

[GeoFisher]

Just saw some statistics about Cell Phones and accidents.......

636,000 accidents CAUSED by CELL PHONES.
14,000 SERIOUS injuries, requiring hospitalization.
2500 DEATHS.......

This is PER YEAR.............

WOW...........

Later,

Geo