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    Worse than using a cellphone while driving I reckon...

    All this hooharrr about stopping people talking on their cellphones while driving and yet I don't see anything that pertains to stopping the very dangerous practise I witnessed the other day.

    Tootling along on the bike thinking to myself how nice it was that it wasn't raining I started to notice the mini in front of me was swerving all over the road and braking and accerlating erratically.

    Learner driver I assumed...but as I watched I noticed the occupants and driver were gesticulating wildly - hands flinging about like they were swatting away bees...then I looked closer - they were signing to each other - having a hearing impaired conversation while driving FFS!

    Surely deaf drivers 'having a conversation with their deaf back seat passengers' is even more dangerous than cell phone usage - where's the demerit points for this situation eh?!

    As you were

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    yeah theres a thousand other things that you shouldnt do while driving. one day they'll all be illegal the way things are going
    Thats whats up.

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    Oh my god if it weren't so serious it would be funny as.
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    Ive been in their car!
    I have 2 'haering impaired' mates I used to play cricket with.....

    Only ever travelled to one game in their car, was a wild ride I can tell ya!!!
    I ended up driving home so they could argue safely

    And mate DEAF people argue like nothing you ever seen, it's hilarious!!!!

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    Pfffft. Try keeping up with all the new posts, between traffic lights.

    Good job males can multi-task.


    ...oh wait.

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    And I think Vanity mirrors for the drivers side should be illegal, and there should be stops on the rear view mirror to prevent it being turned toward the driver....

    Following a lass in a wee white car near Levin in steady open road traffic 100kph +_...she twisted the mirror towards her self and began looking inthe mirror tussling her hair with both hands for quite some time....I backed off some...

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    lets rally parliament!!!!! oh wait other fish to fry

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    I passed a young girl who was riding a scooter in a 100km/h zone.

    She was wearing a mini skirt, singlet top and jandals in addition to her helmet.

    She was texting at the time.
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    did she wave?....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Highlander View Post
    I passed a young girl who was riding a scooter in a 100km/h zone.

    She was wearing a mini skirt, singlet top and jandals in addition to her helmet.

    She was texting at the time.
    mini-skirt,..singlet-top,..lots of wind...hmmm..dirty old man is getting a mental picture here....


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    burn the deafs I say..... burn them all, and the blind and the spastics and..... and..... and.....

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    I had fun today. Smith and Smith Auto Glass guy nearly hit me - was talking on his phone. I manouvered around to his driver's door, then sat on the airhorn next to his open window. Fuck was he pissed off. Abused the fuck out of me he did. I pulled over, rang the 0800 on the side of the van, and laid a formal complaint with their complaint person (who at least sounded concerned)

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    Quote Originally Posted by marty View Post
    I had fun today. Smith and Smith Auto Glass guy nearly hit me - was talking on his phone. I manouvered around to his driver's door, then sat on the airhorn next to his open window. Fuck was he pissed off. Abused the fuck out of me he did. I pulled over, rang the 0800 on the side of the van, and laid a formal complaint with their complaint person (who at least sounded concerned)
    Good on you for doing that. I had some moron try to merge into me on the harbour bridge while he was yakking on a mobile fone. He sees me at the last second and swerves wildly back into his own lane...... when I get up to his drivers side window we look at each other and hes laughing. What a fucking dickhead !!! playing russian roulette with our lives they are ! they just dont understand that its not a fucking game out there. Its serious ffs.

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    I think eating/drinking/shaving/applying makeup should be added to the list too.

    You want to eat/drink/shave/put on your makeup? Then get better time management.
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