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Originally Posted by Slava
I should note that I'm not texting or surfing the net while I drive. Talking on the phone and eating though, that's another matter. I've tried hard to use the bluetooth....I know it's smarter and better for a few reasons, but I just haven't gone that way entirely yet. I suppose Sept 1 might force my hands though.
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I'm "guilty" of both as well. In fact, I do it more often than most people, since I spend way more time driving than most people. But there are a couple tricks I've learned. When I'm driving my manual transmission vehicle, I use speaker phone, but since I have nowhere to prop the phone (in my old truck, the sun visor was pretty tight, so I could just prop it in there sideways) I just hold it in my hand with my index and thumb, and hold the shifter with my bottom fingers. Seems to work.
As for scarfing a burger while driving, the key is to have a good place to put it down before you start driving. make that food bag into a big napkin on your lap like you're in a fancy restaurant so that the very second you need your other hand back in driving action, you can put that burger down without hesitation about getting your shirt messed up. Eliminate any extra thought processes before you start driving and doing something while driving becomes manageable.
A good example of eliminating extra processes is when you really need to call one of your service companies and the only chance you're going to have is while driving, at least make sure you have the account number handy. Like, I've seen realtors driving down the street looking through a friggin contract while on the phone. Come on people! Do you really want to kill a kid because you're in such a rush that you can't pull over for a couple minutes to find that piece of info you're looking for?
Basically, I want people who are doing something that causes their eyes to not be looking at the road while driving to get fined and fined and fined until they can't afford to drive anymore, thus making my driving experience a little bit less aggravating and safer for the rest of the city.