Crash

By horribledriver - 01/12/2009 22:48 - United States

Today, I was driving down a highway during rush-hour. I heard my phone ring and couldn't find it. I bent down to feel around for it and got in an accident and totaled my car. The ringing? A commercial on the radio. Where was my phone? On my dresser at home. FML
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Luckster 0

That's why you ignore the sound of ringing phones when you're on the road. Pull over next time.

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bobsanction 18

The idea of trying to answer your phone while driving.

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sooverit01 0

YDI you idiot. You could have killed somebody. People like you don't deserve to have a license. I dunno how this works elsewhere, but in Australia your not allowed to be on your phone at all while driving, or you get a ticket and points. Your lucky no one was hurt.

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cityboy1994 0

Wow ur a total idiot u know here in ny tlkin nd drivin is illegal it should be illegal in ariazina 2. You could of been killed or killed someone in a accident dnt be stupid next time

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ms_gnehz 0

what can i say?? Shame on you for trying to find it while driving...i wonder how many accidents result from this

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IllegalLight 0

That's very smart... I'm going to take my eyes off the road and bend over so I can look for my cell phone. You shouldn't be driving with your LACK OF COMMON SENSE.

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Deftera 0

YDI. On the other hand, I do think radio advertisments should be banned from using sounds such as alarms, sirens, etc. As another guy said, it's literally a health hazard because you start to actually ignore alarms. Corporations have a reputation for using underhanded tactics, adware, spyware, spam, rigging their software to stamp out competitors, using macros for Google ads to click thousands of times to cost competitors money, and that's just on the Internet.

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WTFsGoingOn 0

Am I the only person who turned my radio DOWN when I hear things like sirens? It allows me to do two things that some of you obviously should consider: 1) When looking for something such as an ambulance because I have heard the sirens it is easier to locate without the distraction of the radio playing in the background. 2) It also allows me the chance to realize right away that the noise went away or lowered along with the volume of my radio, cluing me into the fact that it was coming from the radio to begin with and saving me precious time of looking around like an idiot taking my eyes off the road while driving. I do have to say YDI and that the war on cell phones while driving is good, but also kind of odd. Has anyone considered all of the other distracting things in cars now days? Radios, DVD/TV players, GPS (which is useful but can be a distraction when attempting to enter information), etc? When it isn't something in the car it's something outside of the car, like the new electric billboards that change ads every few minutes, or something dumb on another person's car like those obnoxious flashing lights people put on them. Driving will never be safe again and has not been for a very long time.

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saviisneat 0

The radio is too old school to ever be taken away. I see your point, but some of us need the radio. And hopefully people can just program their stations and be able to change the volume while still having their eyes on the road. But I think DVD players are ridiculous. My boyfriend has one that he can watch while driving. He doesn't do it while I'm in the car but it pisses me off. BUT they ARE illegal. If a cop sees you watching something then you are in trouble. And GPS have features where you can't mess with them while driving. My Mom's GPS won't let me push anything or change anything while the car is in motion.

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WTFsGoingOn 0

That is cool, the GPS thing I mean. Now I want a fancy GPS that won't let me screw it up while driving. I hate it when I press the wrong button (because I'm watching the road) and end up ******* over everything I've already entered into it. Driving is distracting enough I think. I know I have totally had those days where it is so boring that all of a sudden I'm at home and can't remember a damn thing about how I got there from work. Or I see some stupid sign along the road and end up staring at it like some kind of idiot and almost rear end someone. I'd say I may have ADD but I know that it's a more common problem, random onset stupidity. I hate that.

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mazzsquatch 0

Seriously guys, did he REALLY deserve it? Sure it was his own fault but nobody actually deserves these things to happen to them.

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Twinklestar 0

Yes he deserved it. He was doing something stupid and careless and in doing so, risking the lives of anyone else on the road. He's clearly OK enough to post this, and will hopefully think twice before doing something so stupid again so if anything, he's lucky that all that happened. Instead he could be a paraplegic in hospital with the knowledge that his carelessness killed 2 kids and their parents in another car he could have hit instead of just totaling his own car.

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saviisneat 0

#108 are you stupid? You probably did this yourself. Of course they deserved it. They rooted around for a ringing cell phone while driving. That means they were taking their eyes of the road, digging around the car, and possibly pulling on the wheel. They have laws in some states that prohibit cell phone use for a reason. This is one of those classic scenarios. It doesn't protect just the person driving, it protects everyone else on the road as well. You are dumb.

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Punkartmama 0

Guess what? You don't have to answer every phone call that comes in. You are a moron.

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tracielyn 0

that's what you get! know your own ringtone!!!!!

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igroomdogs 0

you're a ******* moron. It's some idiot like you that caused my car to be totalled a few weeks ago. In Ontario it's up to a $500 fine. and studies show that cell phone use is more impairing than being drunk...idiots like you are responsible for hundreds of deaths each year.

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