Carl,
How do you figure that? You're distracted when taking
a bite, but the rest of the time you can concentrate.
So you're saying that since there are REALLY distracting
things, it's OK to distract yourself with a cell phone?
BZZZZT! Wrong answer.
Don't eat while driving, though, don't phone while driving,
we'll all be better off.
Anyone who makes excuses for distracting himself while driving
is not doing a good job of driving. Or, is it OK to drive distracted?
Heck, I guess if reckless driving is against the law, we can just
take all the other highway laws off the books, right ; -)
Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps rouler!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Merritt" <CMerritt@luminous.com>
To: "'Jerry Mouton'" <jerry@moutons.org>; "'Anthony Tabacco'"
<atabacco@california.com>; "'Bay_Area_Autocross_List'"
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 4:11 PM
Subject: RE: How racers drive
> Actually, the #1 distraction by far is eating, therefore by your logic we
> should outlaw drive-through fast food service and eating when on the road.
>
> Or, we could just make driving distracted illegal and not nitpick everybody
> to death, and it is already, reckless driving.
>
> -Carl
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Mouton [mailto:jerry@moutons.org]
> > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:17 PM
> > To: Anthony Tabacco; Bay_Area_Autocross_List
> > Subject: Re: How racers drive
> >
> >
> > Sorry, Tony,
> >
> > Great record, but if you talk on the phone while driving,
> > you're cruisin for a bruisin. It's a distraction, it's a
> > basically different sort of distraction to listening to music
> > or talking with a passenger. It's dangerous, and shame on
> > you for doing it.
> >
> > No comments about women drivers, but if you want a real
> > "loser count", try counting how many of the drivers
> > you see doing bonehead moves or acting like they are
> > in another world are talking on a phone of some type.
> >
> > It should be illegal, and I'm gonna work to make it so.
> >
> > Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les
> > bons temps rouler!
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Anthony Tabacco" <atabacco@california.com>
> > > > Tony tabacco (writes):
> > > >
> > > > >(behind the wheel 39 years, no tickets, no accidents, so
> > don't even
> > > > >think about phone in car comments)
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