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OrgoneConclusion
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Texting while driving
#22162628 - 08/29/15 09:49 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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http://www.phonearena.com/news/Texting-while-driving-now-the-leading-cause-of-teen-death-in-the-U.S._id42906
Now the leading cause of death among teens. Two interesting points:
1. People believe they can multitask which has been shown to be an illusion - and this is good supporting evidence.
This is the important one (sorry, no link):
2. Friends and families of those killed rarely change their own behavior regarding talking/texting while driving even after the deep emotional pain! What would it take?
It is as if they were immune to making a similar mistake.Hubris, anyone?
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that last one
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Space Elf



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Idk. I got a ticket for texting and driving, but there wasn't a car on the road (besides the cop sitting in an apartment complex). Never did it again and won't do it again.
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i like cow poo
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Obviously this is due to Newton's third law: Idiotic faggots will continue to be idiotic faggots regardless of external forces.
Edited by i like cow poo (08/29/15 10:42 PM)
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OrgoneConclusion
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Re: Texting while driving [Re: Space Elf]
#22162816 - 08/29/15 10:42 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/04/27/Woman-dies-driving-while-posting-on-Facebook-about-Pharrells-Happy/8661398610023/?st_rec=3371400676112
“The happy song makes me HAPPY," 33 yo cutie Courtney Sanford wrote on Facebook of the hit song by Pharrell Williams a minute before she drove across the meridian and was killed.
Died with a smile on her mutilated face.
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quinn
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wow that's terribly dark
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OrgoneConclusion
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Re: Texting while driving [Re: quinn]
#22163791 - 08/30/15 08:45 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sure, blame the reporter.
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Tropism
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1. People believe they can multitask which has been shown to be an illusion - and this is good supporting evidence.
This is the important one (sorry, no link):
Here's a fun link.
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quinn
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Re: Texting while driving [Re: Tropism]
#22165060 - 08/30/15 02:40 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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hate to say it but obviously learner drivers going for their license are going to suck at texting while driving, i mean they are barely competent at driving yet
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quinn
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just sayin.. i agree it's extremely dumb.. sometimes i need to use maps while driving which is probably just as bad
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It's the same reason why people ride motorcycles and smoke cigarettes after they are made aware they are statistically more likely to die from those activities. "It won't happen to me." I don't know if I would call it hubris, I would be more inclined to call it a delusion. I could see a satisfactory argument for hubris though.
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OrgoneConclusion
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Yeah, but hubris is a cool word to slip into a conversation.
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