Thread: This is Why We Don't Text & Drive

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Unbelievable the way that rail came through the truck like that. Never seen anything like that. Regardless of the cause of this particular accident, I think they need to ban all cell phone use and texting while driving. Make it such a stiff fine people are forced to pull over to do it.

Don

That's amazing. I agree, that thing should not have gone through that car that way, but should have deflected it and directed it to rub off some speed on the rail. I've seen them with the ends turned down (good ramp), saw one somewhere where the end was like a coiled spring about the size of a 55 gal. drum. Seems that for every design they come up with, some accident will make an exception of/to it; cars running into things is just too unpredictable, I think.

I agree with Don: texting and "non-hands free" phone use while driving should be against the law. Might as well drive with a blindfold on.

Originally Posted by Rrumbler

That's amazing. I agree, that thing should not have gone through that car that way, but should have deflected it and directed it to rub off some speed on the rail. I've seen them with the ends turned down (good ramp), saw one somewhere where the end was like a coiled spring about the size of a 55 gal. drum. Seems that for every design they come up with, some accident will make an exception of/to it; cars running into things is just too unpredictable, I think.

I agree with Don: texting and "non-hands free" phone use while driving should be against the law. Might as well drive with a blindfold on.

They did make it illegal to use hand held cell phones in Oregon, but I still see people using them all the time. hard to catch offenders that know their doing something illegal, but perhaps the law still helps save lives because it keeps people using them more aware of their surrounding as they scan to see if any police are around.

Russ

Its already a serious offence here in England Don.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Unbelievable the way that rail came through the truck like that. Never seen anything like that. Regardless of the cause of this particular accident, I think they need to ban all cell phone use and texting while driving. Make it such a stiff fine people are forced to pull over to do it.

Don