Toyota Tundra tows boat in more ways than one!

dodge guy wrote:
That`s what you get for towing with a Toyota!

And yes, we have no idea why the boat was rear ended. my wife rear ended a small dump truck years ago. sure anyone driving by after the accident could`ve said she was on the phone or texting. the reason was she had a cold and reached down for a Kleenex!

There are any number of reasons for an accident and unless you were right there in the passenger seat you have no idea what was going on in the drivers seat!

I do not intend to come across as being mean because I am not. I am trying to make a point, though.

She knew when she got in the car that day that she had a cold so she should have had some Kleenex handy so that she could reach it without taking her attention off the road.

Sure, things happen but my point is we need to do our best to prevent things from happening by being prepared.

In your wife's case it was a Kleenex and she needed it to deal with her cold... that is one degree of distraction which was somewhat necessary.

Thing is that using a cell phone while driving is ABSOLUTELY NOT necessary.

Of course we do not know if the woman driving that Ford truck was or was not. Unless the news reports it we will never know. What we DO know is statistics and ever since insurance companies have been recording these statistics it has been found that an increasing number crashes, especially serious crashes, have been the result of one or both drivers using cell phones while operating the vehicle.

There have even been studies and tests that show people can not walk and use these devices at the same time. They become unaware of their surroundings and walk in to things or fall in to things or walk out in to busy streets because they are so focused on the call or the text that they do not have a care in the world for what is going on around them.

I m currently working at an amusement park.

The chair lift is a constantly moving ride that requires the rider to pay attention to and obey the directions given by the staff in order to prevent injury.

Yesterday two people ney fell victim to injury and I had to pull three back off the load line because they were too busy on their phones to pay attention to our commands and nearly were injured by the moving chairs. It did not take long for me to start telling people to put the phones away BEFORE they approached the loading area. Some were upset but it is about safety. If you are so busy talking or listening or texting that you can not pay attention to what is going on around you or that you can not obey instructions or you can not see the vehicle stopped in front of you then you should not be performing that distracting task at all.