05-10-2007, 10:58 PM
Driving while on a cell phone is just as bad. I avoid this at all costs. Not just because it's dangerous (not to mention impractical on a standard transmission) but because it is completely unnecessary. Nothing I have to say or anybody has to say to me is so important that it can't wait until I'm in a position to talk without endangering myself and everybody else on the road. Actually, it's not even the endangering part that bothers me about cell phone drivers. Whenever I see one, I hope a 12 car pileup is right around the corner. It's the fact that they think their lives are so important that they NEED to multitask in order to get anything accomplished. As if they are so stressed for time that by the time they reach their destination it's too late to have any kind of meaningful conversation, whether it be the 30 minute variety or 30 second variety. Nobody cares. Your life is just not that important.
Quote:There's a wide gap between being the obnoxious ass with the bluetooth headset who lets the entire planet listen in on his private phone calls and the vampire hermit who doesn't leave his apartment so he can dedicate 100% of his attention to using his rotary phone in perfect silence.Yes, there certainly is. Thank you for that astute observation.