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By Anonymous - 01/09/2014 14:08 - United States

Today, I wrecked my car because my mom texted me, telling me not to text and drive. FML
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You deserved it 45 023
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Lurulu 16

Ironic, but still- you were the one still checking your phone. Next time just put it in "Do Not Disturb" mode.

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Brandi_Faith 33

YDI. You shouldn't have looked at the text in the first place! Get a Bluetooth and use it for calls to be safe. On some phones you can even make texts and have it read you new texts. But in no situation is it ok to look at your phone or read texts while you're driving! If you can't use a Bluetooth then pull over to touch your phone. Better safe than sorry.

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GnaR_KiLL5150 12

It's not that you got a text it's that you took your attention away from the road to read it that's the problem.

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some_duck 11

For all that pressed ydi he didnt say he read the message maybe the sound or phone vibration got him out of focus

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emeraldisle 30

How would be have known what he mom said if he didn't read it?

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xReDMemory 28

Maybe they read the text after the accident happened?

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Voij 16

Wrecking your car because your phone made noises is a terrible excuse, though, and would warrant me, if I had any authority over you, to force you to redo your driving test. If a mildly-loud, unexpected sound makes you crash your car, then you don't belong on the road. Imagine someone honks their horn to warn you of an obstacle on the road and you crash right into the next pedestrian. Police/ambulance sirens suddenly appear, goodbye fire hydrant next to the sidewalk. Random stranger yells because he likes your car, say hello to the new drive-in at the pet shop.

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limabeans101029 20

If a phone vibrating is enough to cause someone to someone wreck their car, they probably shouldn't be driving anyway

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Jonaahhhh 12

Be easy on him, guys. Sometimes when I turn my radio on it surprises me so much i actually swerve off the road. It happens when the car starts up, too. That sound is really startling.

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Thunderstruck14 30

If you're the kind of person who is so easily started that a phone ringing or a radio turning on is enough to make you swerve and/or crash, then you shouldn't be driving at all. Put yourself at risk all you want but you have no right to put other people at risk, which is what you're doing every time you drive. If driving really is that important to you, then maybe get some therapy to help you calm down and gain control over your body. But honestly, most people are able to be startled without having disastrous consequences.

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mvc3ftw 17

Maybe none of You should be on the road.

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ToxicTyrael 26

YDI for checking your text while driving. But nonetheless do I hope that you're OK.

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False_Stupidity 41

Maybe OP died and is posting this from hell...

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stylesrepublic 10

I hope you didn't go off on your mom for that. she's the one that sent the text but you chose to try and read it.

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limabeans101029 20

Totally your fault. Your mom wasn't forcing you to look at it. Is it really so difficult to wait until you've stopped to read a damn text? I have no sympathy for people like you. You were putting other people's lives in danger.

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Soundslikeothers 15

Its been kinda said already but you didn't wreck your car because your mom texted you. You wrecked it because you checked your phone and got detracted.

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smileyrobot 2

the definition of irony

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