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Jake Stillow (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:44 PM Original message |
U.S. Withheld Data Showing Risks of Distracted Driving |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Right, because a cellphone conversation (hands free) |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You Must Be One of Those Lucky People |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. To me there is no difference between the 2. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. And I should believe your anecdotal evidence over science WHY? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Not bullshit - there is scientific evidence to back it up. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Yeah, because having your passenger yell "LOOK OUT" isn't a distraction |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. How about you read the research before drawing assumptions? |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. The person you replied to writes fantasy books - and apparently, lives in his own fantasy world as |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. For those who believe in science, rather than just their own close-minded opinions: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Thanks for those links. As you implied, some on DU are just hostile to the scientific method (& many |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Wow. Can I touch you? I wish I was as important to the world as you. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. talking on a cellphone is as dangerous as driving drunk. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Holy crap! More... |
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obliviously (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. I post on DU with my blackberry while I'm driving! |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Driving really interferes with my texting, cellphone talking, and newspaper reading. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. It doesn't even make sense for Congress to want to |
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change_notfinetuning (750 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. It's not who'd benefit, but solving another problem would be a |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. money!! yay!! |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. K & R |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Kicked and Rec'd |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. I am so sick of |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Oh, by the way |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Or texting while driving |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. give me liberty or give me death: don't fuck with my risk!!! |
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TommyPaine (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
19. In the past 5 years I've had many close calls (no pun intended)... |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. WRT cellphones, it makes no difference whether it is handheld or hands-free |
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TommyPaine (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yeah, I shoulda said... |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. My very pregnant daughter and I almost hit by guy texting. He continued even after |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. Report: Agency withheld distracted driver research |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Dupe |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. k&r n/t |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
33. It was the Bush Administration...why? to sell,, cell phones...nt |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
34. Republicans would love for Dems to restrict cell phone use in cars. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. I bet most of those denying cell phone usage is a hazard use phones in their car |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Yeppers - in one story I read, an OK legislator voted against a bill banning |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. A large chunk of people can't drive period |
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