Saga of Cell Phone Accident...
Well, on our way from Nevada to Oregon we recently got into an accident. A woman driving a borrowed car while on a cell phone rammed into my Ram’s drivers side alloy dually, then sheared off the drive...
Forum Discussion
bwc wrote:GeoBoy wrote:3 tons wrote:
Since phones have built-in GPS, why not disable them when they are in motion, say above 10 mph - people need far fewer distractions, and there was a time when we did just fine without them...
If the wireless phone companies had the intestinal fortitude to stop distracted driving caused by wireless devices, they could do it in a heartbeat, and the cut off starts at 1 mph.
I don’t want to hear, “what about the passengers”, tough! What did we do before wireless devices, lets see, take in the scenery, read a book and oh yeah have intelligent conversations.
Agree 100%.
I am sorry cell phones in cars can be a great safety device!
More than once we have been behind a driver that was impaired either through lack of sleep, medical issue, or drugs/alcohol. Using my hands free device (Parrot) called 911 and reported, stayed on the phone with dispatch and followed until police were able to catch up with us.
