Texting and Driving
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Do you own a chainsaw?
shitty about flu btw
Haha, yeah but it'd be one hell of a hike through the valley. It's 3 miles by road. The "safe" route is 5 miles.
dirt bike like a boss lol
OP, I represent injured parties who are involved in motor vehicle collisions here in S.C. If you think that the number of people who text and drive in this state is absurd, you'll be shocked to see the number of UNINSURED drivers in this wonderful state. You'll also be shocked by the number of people who run away after colliding with another vehicle.
You should definitely have high UM/UIM limits.
You should definitely have high UM/UIM limits.
A year in jail for texting while driving? Haha. ya ok...
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I dont actually think its that insane considering it IS more dangerous than drinking and driving
I still do not understand why a class action lawsuit has not emerged from victims. A device that deactivates a driver's phone with a proximity device similar to one that senses a fob should be installed. Of course 911 would still be active.
My point is unless there is serious consequences that will make people think twice, it will never stop. Even that would probably not stop it but may make people think about it and some would not do it
All good points.
I'm pretty sure this us concerning those having a conversation. Not just seeing a text.
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Like I stated before we have some fairly serious consequences now and the numbers are dropping fast. 3k fines and 3 month driving bans. If someone kills somebody doing it and they can prove it without reasonable doubt should be fricken life in prison. Nobody should die because some asshole needs to update his IG
Make the fines logarithmically cumulative, and start writing people up for it.
Oh I am very aware. I now carry a 1.5M blanket policy for UM/UIM after the BS my wife and I went through last year when a degenerate puke was running 100+mph on a busy road and hit my wife head on. My wife's medical bills alone exceeded the limits and we only got $16k towards a $42k JKU. One of the other victims had an aneurysm and is now half paralyzed for life. His pro-rata chunk was $25k. Estimated bills for him were approaching $500k two months after the accident. AAAAAAAAAnd the puke that caused it was right back on Facebook showing off the shitty Dodge pickup truck his parents bought him, standing on the hood and taking a piss on school property (and have registered under their name and likely uninsured! Thanks tax records office!).
Nothing but degenerates on the roads nowadays. My wife and I just got back from getting dinner and literally watched some piece of trash wander over in the other lane, drive on the complete wrong side of the road for at least 1000ft, and then drift back, hitting the rumblestrip. They then blew a stop-sign.
Meanwhile, the local law enforcement is too busy taking 3hr lunch breaks and pulling people over for going 26 in a 25 (takes 4 cruisers to do it too!). Or, in the case of certain Pickens SC townies, cocaine and meth. I'm not a big fan of local PD down here. I fully support and respect the ones that do their jobs and clean up the filth, but man there are a ton of bad seeds.
My proposed solution for uninsured is deportation. Don't care where. Just not here. I have to pay extra because of those assholes.
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It would be a real shame if the adamant and repeated defiance of accountability and laws stated in this thread were someday used against someone WHEN an accident occurs.
Care to elaborate?
I wish I could create a Youtube channel called "Repeat Offenders" where I upload dash-cam footage of idiots being idiots, categorized by license plate. Can't do that though.
Also, I'm not a perfect driver. Nobody is. I can say with 100% certainty that I have legitimate OCD in many aspects of my life- mostly harmless but in several areas it's quite debilitating (driving being #1). My wife would gladly vouch. If I make a minuscule driving mistake, I'm swearing at myself for the next hour over it. My absolute #1 bad driving habit, admittedly, is panicking. I can only take dealing with so many idiots to where I get a full blown panic attack going and have to get out of there. This usually happens when I'm boxed in- idiot next to me is a lane swerver, moron in front of me is a handicap-tag q-tip driving 25mph under the limit, and the waste behind me is tailgating so bad I can't see their headlights. I start to panic, look for an exit strategy, and get out of there as fast as possible until I find a safe distance / bubble to drive in. This is really only in main-route city driving. Highways seem pretty relaxed for the most part.
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No offense, but driving in a panic state concerns me. It can cause irrational decisions.
I have, and still, counsel people with panic and anxiety. I have been there myself. That is why I studied psychology in the beginning.
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https://www.losangelesduilawyer.org...rous-dui-or-driving-while-using-a-cell-phone/
another
https://www.cnbc.com/id/31545004
I had to look it up, because Ive had alot of friends and people I know die from Drunk driving, but never texting and driving.
Who would they sue?
I did mention the way it would work, GPS tracking/speed sensors. But as mentioned you would have to give up that freedom to not be tracked. Passengers would be able to bypass the lockout, but they could make the lockout near impossible for a driver to do. The proximity device would disable everyone's phone which would never fly.
Your dead on, it would still be the same "some" that do not do it now
Indeed I did get out the big brush.
Hopefully they never find the race section of this forum all of us would be going in the clink
My former neighbour's wife has a extreme case of driving anxiety.
She could get around town just fine, low speed(under 50km/h) and very light traffic(small town)
But put her in the same car, same day, same weather, holy shit get off the road. She was reported many times to her husband and the cops. She would panic period, certain she was going to hit the ditch for some unknown reason and she would actually drive dead center of the road and then when meeting someone swerve hard to the right(to get around them) and then Hard to the left to get back to the center. When I say hard swerve I mean to the point of leaving skid marks.
That is not healthy for anyone. I hope she has had the chance to speak with someone, and has stopped driving for a short period of time. Anxiety is not rational, and it causes people to do off things in the midst of a fight or flight situation that is imagined.https://www.losangelesduilawyer.org...rous-dui-or-driving-while-using-a-cell-phone/
another
https://www.cnbc.com/id/31545004
I had to look it up, because Ive had alot of friends and people I know die from Drunk driving, but never texting and driving.
Who would they sue?
I did mention the way it would work, GPS tracking/speed sensors. But as mentioned you would have to give up that freedom to not be tracked. Passengers would be able to bypass the lockout, but they could make the lockout near impossible for a driver to do. The proximity device would disable everyone's phone which would never fly.
Your dead on, it would still be the same "some" that do not do it now
Indeed I did get out the big brush.
Hopefully they never find the race section of this forum all of us would be going in the clink
My former neighbour's wife has a extreme case of driving anxiety.
She could get around town just fine, low speed(under 50km/h) and very light traffic(small town)
But put her in the same car, same day, same weather, holy shit get off the road. She was reported many times to her husband and the cops. She would panic period, certain she was going to hit the ditch for some unknown reason and she would actually drive dead center of the road and then when meeting someone swerve hard to the right(to get around them) and then Hard to the left to get back to the center. When I say hard swerve I mean to the point of leaving skid marks.
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Yep she went and was diagnosed for anxiety of some form, she now drives only in town. She can ride in a car for hours in any condition and not be bothered in the slightest, but make her drive outside of her comfort zone, watch out
Life in prison? You’re taking crazy pills. Just stop.
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If that was the punishment for any crime all crime would stop. I vote yay for it.
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