[geeks] Stuff fo' sale

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: "Jonathan C. Patschke" <jp at celestrion.net>
>Date: 2006/08/14 Mon PM 08:42:55 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Stuff fo' sale

>On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> My problem has to do with Personal Observation - I've seen too many people:
>>
>> "talk on the phone, eat a sandwich, and merge into traffic (twice this
>> year)"
>>
>> "talk on the phone and merge into traffic, nearly broadsiding a car in
>> traffic (once this year)"
>>
>> "Talking on the cell phone and not realizing the light has changed
>> (twice this year)"
>>
>> "Talk on the cellphone and wander through the lanes with reckless
>> disregard for the cars they cut off (about a dozen times a month)"
>>
>> and my personal favorite - "Eating ice cream with a spoon, talking on
>> the cell phone, and pulling out of the shopping lot onto a highway
>> (once this year)"
>
>And people don't do stupid things like these without the aid of a
>cellular handset?  Surely, you jest!

You do see the difference between, say, eating ice cream and pulling out nto taffic and talking on the cellphone, eating ice cream, and pulling out into traffic, right? ;^)

By eliminating the cell phone from the eqution, I think they can focus on their other distractions while driving...

Lionel