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Originally Posted by JaKaacH
What is #3 thru #4,998?
I'm baffled how some have never been through what someone might describe/testify to but have all the answers on how it should have handled.
I drive about 140 miles a day and see a lot of people doing 75 to 85 mph, a lot of them on the phone...Must not be to hard to do even with a few more MPH's added in...
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Actually, thanks for making an assumption that is completely wrong. I had a water bottle under my seat once that through casual driving (foot going back and forth from gas to brake) had rolled foreword while going around a corner. Didn't realize it and let off the gas while approaching a reduced speed zone(55 to 45 to 35 in a very short span of a small town) and my gas didn't let off. Why? The bottle was wedged between the accelerator and the wall. Half a second of terror followed by clutching to get rid of the acceleration followed by punching the accelerator with my foot to free it from being stuck.
It didn't end in 100+ mph speeds (though I doubt it would have because it wasn't stuck that far forward) or phone calls of certain death.
As for phones while driving, luckily for the rest of us, they're slowly outlawing driving while talking on the phone.
According to this study(with casual glance), apparently it is more difficult, as it creates a 38% higher chance of creating injury threatening automotive accidents while chatting on the cell phone.
http://hawaii.gov/lrb/rpts05/cellcar.pdf
And as a person who was struck by a dumbass chatting on a cell phone while I was stopped at a stoplight, I can attest to that.
But back to point.
I stand behind my opinion of this woman. Regardless of the situation. Know your vehicle. Take
nothing for granted.