Arlington bans texting and driving today.

[ELVIS]

I don't think I'd call The Geofster an idiot, but he sure is missing the point.

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god bless.

[SS Junk]

How does it feel losing that right? Are you one of the nation's worst drivers? Are you too stupid to use a cell phone and drive?

I am as well as everyone else I've seen on the road. I have never seen one person that I've seen using a cell phone be completely alert to their surroundings. I refuse to use a cell phone while driving because I don't feel like I'm in as much control as I can be. I like to know what's going on around me. I pretty much feel like that is my obligation while driving. I am not from the East Coast therefore, no. I am not. You ever driven in DC? I challenge you to do so, navigate their roads, and then get back to me if the dumbfucks there, who actually live there, drive around like they're lost, deserve to use a cell phone when behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. I'd be giddy Virginia follows suit.

[CJ]

So because this is "a now society" that gives right of passage to drive like an oblivious douchebag. Got it.

Ouchies. There was a good reason why cell phones are banned in many East Coast states. Perhaps you can look up some of the nation's worst drivers and see why.

How does it feel losing that right? Are you one of the nation's worst drivers? Are you too stupid to use a cell phone and drive?

[SS Junk]

God forbid you ever have an unconventional job, where your car is basically your office, 80+% of your day is spent in the car, etc. You do realize there is such a thing as talking not to just "chicken peck", right? If you spend 80% of your day in the car, when is a good time to "chicken peck"? We liev in a now society. People have business cell phones that can't go ignored.

So because this is "a now society" that gives right of passage to drive like an oblivious douchebag. Got it.
What I find interesting is those oblivous douchebags you want to defend really really covet the 10 cars of real estate between their front bumper and the car in front of them. You try and pass, they'll do everything in their power to scream, bitch cry and tailgate as they keep yacking and chicken pecking away.

No wonder you live on the East Coast. You fit right in with those mouth breathing idiots.

Ouchies. There is good reason why cell phones are banned in many East Coast states. Perhaps you can look up some of the nation's worst drivers and see why.

[racrguy]

No, dude. I'm an idiot. dville_gt has spoken.

You're just missing the point and dville_gt doesn't know how to word his thoughts well. Much like my drug use analogy, there are already laws regarding hitting people with your car. Running stop lights/stop signs is already illegal, and not staying in your lane is illegal. Why do we need this extra piece of unneeded legislation to inhibit our civil liberties and place another umbrella of law over what's already against the law? If someone can text and not endanger someone elses life in the process, what's the harm? I, like CJ, think this is just another money grab.

Yes, I text and drive, but the difference is I don't put the phone down in my lap to do it. I have it up next to the steering wheel and use my peripheral vision to text and keep my eyes on the road. How is that endangering someones life? It's common sense things like that which would prevent retarded laws like this, that serve absolutely no purpose other than to make the city more money, from coming into existence.

[Geor!]

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I don't think I'd call The Geofster an idiot, but he sure is missing the point.

It's similar to people using drugs. They outlawed drugs and cited things like people stealing as justification for the law. Stealing is already illegal, the reason people steal shouldn't make a hill a beans difference. Arrest them for the laws they've broken, don't create new ones that encompass what's already against the law. It's just retarded, and a huge waste of time and money.

No, dude. I'm an idiot. dville_gt has spoken.

[racrguy]

The Geofster is an idiot.

Arlington sucks.

CJ ruled this thread.

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I don't think I'd call The Geofster an idiot, but he sure is missing the point.

It's similar to people using drugs. They outlawed drugs and cited things like people stealing as justification for the law. Stealing is already illegal, the reason people steal shouldn't make a hill a beans difference. Arrest them for the laws they've broken, don't create new ones that encompass what's already against the law. It's just retarded, and a huge waste of time and money.

[Chili]

well...... you ARE a resident here, and most of us dont give a flying flip about your opinion either!

god bless.

Very true..

[ELVIS]

Then it would be up to the voters to push on the council members that represent them. Still the same result, since I am not a resident there they wouldn't give a flying flip about my opinion.

well...... you ARE a resident here, and most of us dont give a flying flip about your opinion either!

god bless.

[bcoop]

Whatever it takes to inconvenience the cell tards who feel they have the God given right to inconvenience/risk the lives of others while behind the wheel because they just have to chicken peck or yack as if there was no other time in the day to do so.

God forbid you ever have an unconventional job, where your car is basically your office, 80+% of your day is spent in the car, etc. You do realize there is such a thing as talking not to just "chicken peck", right? If you spend 80% of your day in the car, when is a good time to "chicken peck"? We liev in a now society. People have business cell phones that can't go ignored.


No wonder you live on the East Coast. You fit right in with those mouth breathing idiots.

[CJ]

BTW, for the record, I rarely ever text while driving. I just know my limits and texting is beyond that. Hell, I try to avoid talking on the phone too. I prefer to drive when I am driving.

The old worn steering box in the Bronco doesn't help.

That wheel play is as designed - the soberizing feature. You feel like you've had too much when you're completely sober.

[Chili]

BTW, for the record, I rarely ever text while driving. I just know my limits and texting is beyond that. Hell, I try to avoid talking on the phone too. I prefer to drive when I am driving.

The old worn steering box in the Bronco doesn't help.

[JC316]

This shouldn't be a law, it should be some goddamned common sense. Problem is all of the fucktards on the road that don't have any common sense. When you enter a car, you are taking your life and someones elses life in your own hands. Here is a ground breaking idea, when you get in a car, perhaps you should be focused on DRIVING, not everything else.

I have seen my family do it, I have seen my friends do it, and I have seen random strangers do it, pisses me off every single time. My friend ran a red light, my sister always weaves like a drunk person, my dad can't maintain speed for shit, and my other friend put his truck into a guard rail.

So again, it shouldn't have to be a law, it should be common sense. Agreed on being a cash grab though, you really want to stop it, make it the same as a DUI since it's pretty much the exact same.

[Chili]

I was intending to show up and push their shit in, but I had no option, had to be in the office - couldn't get out.

Yeah, that wasn't meant as a rip btw. I'm not trying to make the "if you don't vote you can't complain" argument.

[CJ]

Then it would be up to the voters to push on the council members that represent them. Still the same result, since I am not a resident there they wouldn't give a flying flip about my opinion.

I was intending to show up and push their shit in, but I had no option, had to be in the office - couldn't get out.