Texting driver who killed biker jailed

**unstuck** · 11th December 2011, 15:34

Originally Posted by ducatilover

(Typical Corolla driver aren't I?)

Nah, I have owned a few corollas and I never wore my cap backwards,I did however have a foot high fluro green mohawk.

**SMOKEU** · 11th December 2011, 18:24

A prison sentence is not enough. People who txt and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.

**Virago** · 11th December 2011, 18:36

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

A prison sentence is not enough. People who txt and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.

...Along with their immediate families and close friends. Fuck 'em, eh...?

**ducatilover** · 11th December 2011, 18:48

Originally Posted by unstuck

Nah, I have owned a few corollas and I never wore my cap backwards,I did however have a foot high fluro green mohawk.

I was meaning, whilst driving a Corolla one gets to wondering (it takes so long to actually move in it...)

**SMOKEU** · 11th December 2011, 19:02

Originally Posted by Virago

...Along with their immediate families and close friends. Fuck 'em, eh...?

It's not that, but I just don't have any tolerance for idiots who think it's acceptable to txt and drive. Every second they take their eyes off the roads is a second that they could have used to avoid an accident. People should just pull over and send a txt then. I can't possibly think of any kind of emergency which can warrant someone txting while driving. People who txt and drive are often more of a hazard than drunk drivers, and a certainly much, much more of a hazard than stoned drivers.

I would much rather share the roads with a bunch of stoners who have each just had a big sesh than 1 person who's not looking where they're going.

**GrayWolf** · 19th December 2011, 01:02

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

It's not that, but I just don't have any tolerance for idiots who think it's acceptable to txt and drive. Every second they take their eyes off the roads is a second that they could have used to avoid an accident. People should just pull over and send a txt then. I can't possibly think of any kind of emergency which can warrant someone txting while driving. People who txt and drive are often more of a hazard than drunk drivers, and a certainly much, much more of a hazard than stoned drivers.

I would much rather share the roads with a bunch of stoners who have each just had a big sesh than 1 person who's not looking where they're going.

Sorry guys I just have too,,,,,
i can see it now, neil and co' driving down the road after a 'sesh' on the weed..

Oh, wow man... look at those cool lights. Yeh we should have some, yeh man look at how they change pretty colours, that red is awesome dude.
Oh man, bummer i think I may have to stop. Yeh man, i think I should. oh wow... I was going to move my foot to the brake man, but it was too fucking heavy.... yeh man, I think you hit that biker dude, like bummer man, you dented the car neil. oh wow, thats really heavy man, my mum's gonna kill me. Yeh man I got the muchies too... hey neil bro, there's a pack of chippies under your seat dude.......

**SMOKEU** · 19th December 2011, 10:16

Originally Posted by GrayWolf

Sorry guys I just have too,,,,,
i can see it now, neil and co' driving down the road after a 'sesh' on the weed..

Oh, wow man... look at those cool lights. Yeh we should have some, yeh man look at how they change pretty colours, that red is awesome dude.
Oh man, bummer i think I may have to stop. Yeh man, i think I should. oh wow... I was going to move my foot to the brake man, but it was too fucking heavy.... yeh man, I think you hit that biker dude, like bummer man, you dented the car neil. oh wow, thats really heavy man, my mum's gonna kill me. Yeh man I got the muchies too... hey neil bro, there's a pack of chippies under your seat dude.......

I'm guessing that you're a pot virgin. Weed does NOT have that affect on people!

Go smoke some buds and get back to me.

**Scuba_Steve** · 19th December 2011, 10:30

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

A prison sentence is not enough. People who txt and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.

People who drink and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.
People who smoke and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.
People who use a radio and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.
People who eat and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.
People who have kids in the car and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.
People who do make-up and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.
People who read and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.
People who operate a GPS and drive should be shot for needlessly endangering every other road user in their immediate vicinity.

the list goes on...

**ducatilover** · 19th December 2011, 19:37

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I'm guessing that you're a pot virgin. Weed does NOT have that affect on people!

Go smoke some buds and get back to me.

It does different things to different people.
That argument can go on for a while...

**SMOKEU** · 19th December 2011, 19:57

Originally Posted by ducatilover

It does different things to different people.
That argument can go on for a while...

I've been in plenty of cars with stoned drivers and I can honestly say that their driving behaviour does not become dangerous. Sure, they might drive a little slow and more cautiously than usual, but that's not always a bad thing.

**ducatilover** · 19th December 2011, 21:11

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I've been in plenty of cars with stoned drivers and I can honestly say that their driving behaviour does not become dangerous. Sure, they might drive a little slow and more cautiously than usual, but that's not always a bad thing.

I've been with many too. Some who are dangerous (I CBF'd smoking it these days, so I have an unbiased and sober P.O.V). Some do dumb shit and don't care, some are just inattentive.

**Scuba_Steve** · 20th December 2011, 14:56

Here we go another study saying what we already knew, this one paid for by auto-insurers (the guys that have to pay out when you fuck up)

All those fancy in-car docks and voice navigation? Utterly pointless.
it's not the phone that's the issue, but "the full spectrum of things that distract."
According to its research, while the ban [of cell phones] had reduced phone use (whoa, really?), it hadn't helped reduce crash rates.

Twas never the phone always the user that was the problem.

**GrayWolf** · 28th December 2011, 23:01

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I'm guessing that you're a pot virgin. Weed does NOT have that affect on people!

Go smoke some buds and get back to me.

twat! I was a teenager in the 70's...... so likely smoking it before you were born. I dont and have'nt for many years now though.
the post I made was a tongue in cheek jibe.... go watch the young ones.... then YOU may 'get it'.....