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To: WorkingClassFilth

“A couple years ago I was rear ended......”

A couple years ago I was rear ended by a young woman (23) at 45 mph. I was stopped and waiting for a turn. She was farding. Or, yelling at the kids, changing the radio station,
retrieving a dropped cigaret, looking at a billboard, etc... I know that rear-end collisions didn’t exist before the
cellphone was invented but since then we have found that
they are not the only reason this new phenomenon of
running into other cars happens.


38 posted on 08/08/2015 5:19:17 AM PDT by Slambat
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To: Slambat

All true, but this woman was texting. I was lucky. I could’ve been dead and it would’ve been because she was texting.

It is a problem and bringing other issues into it does not mitigate that fact.


39 posted on 08/08/2015 5:26:13 AM PDT by WorkingClassFilth
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To: Slambat

Texting does add a new dimension to the dangers inherent in distracted driving. How best to address the problem? Maybe with a very strong presumption of guilt for anyone who runs in to anything in the forward direction? That would cut down on tail-gating, too.

If you run into anything in the forward direction, along with any civil liabilities, lose your license for 2 years?


40 posted on 08/08/2015 5:27:54 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump/Cruz '16)
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