Texting while driving - Toyota Yaris Forums

bobselectric · 12-29-2009, 07:25 PM

A brutally graphic psa about texting while driving. Please don't do it!

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...b996122&ref=nf

Black Yaris · 12-29-2009, 07:44 PM

just became illegal here in Ohio

we are not even permitted to dial while driving

YAR1S · 12-29-2009, 10:34 PM

illegal here too! thank god.

SilverBack · 12-30-2009, 01:48 AM

That was a good vid. And using a phone for whatever reason while driving is completely banned here. Matter of fact traffic doesn't seem so slow and reckless anymore...

jjonrofl · 12-30-2009, 09:43 AM

oh god I can't even watch the whole thing, it's so damn realistic

yaris-me · 12-31-2009, 01:43 AM

I was going west on the 91 about 11:30 am and a young boy was texting. He kept looking up and then back to his left hand at the phone. He spent more time looking at his phone than driving. I haven't seen any reduction of people using their phone since the law went into effect.

TLyttle · 12-31-2009, 12:42 PM

When I had my truck, I would use the key to make it backfire; it was LOUD. The Idiot Class hadn't started texting then, but talking on the phone was usual. Amazing the reaction one gets when there is a huge blast right outside the driver's window in the middle of a conversation! Women (particularly with kids in the ca) were my favourite target...

GeneralDon7 · 12-31-2009, 12:56 PM

It just became illegal here too, about 2 months ago. But your still allowed to read txts, just not send

, I still see people all the time looking at there phones.

Kimmy · 12-31-2009, 01:03 PM

its illegal here to, but people still do it. Sucks for the accident and watching it got me flash backs when i got my car accident and it sucked really bad, remmember all this dust coming out of the air bag n i could hardly breathe.

Kioshi · 12-31-2009, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yaris-me

I was going west on the 91 about 11:30 am and a young boy was texting. He kept looking up and then back to his left hand at the phone. He spent more time looking at his phone than driving. I haven't seen any reduction of people using their phone since the law went into effect.

Me either.....

It pisses me off they are driving slow or started to come onto the other lane ans swerving back in their own. And people barely get pulled over for talking o texting on their phones....cops are more after the smaller things on a car...ie: exhaust, intake, WINDOW TINT, etc...

No one follows the rules of the road in California

JBIZZ · 12-31-2009, 06:09 PM

If the DMV would require an intelligence test, than no one would be texting while driving.

An interesting thing I heard on a podcast (I think "On Point") was one's responsiveness while talking on the phone while driving is the same as drinking and driving. So why aren't the penalties the same, if its just as dangerous?

taracor · 12-31-2009, 06:45 PM

Illegal here too, though I wish it were actually enforced..

fujiwaru · 12-31-2009, 07:01 PM

i remember watching this video in my drivers ed class last year.

Its not allowed here too and it pisses me off that cops get to do it while they catch everyone else who does it. I still see people that talk on the phone while driving.

RedRide · 12-31-2009, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taracor

Illegal here too, though I wish it were actually enforced..

Exactly!
Although using a cell phone while driving has been ilegal in NYS for quite a while and recently, texting has benn made ilegal, I have yet to see or even hear of anyone who actually got a ticket for it.
This is in spite of the fact that I constantly see ilegal cell phone usage right front of cops and they do absolutly nothing!

THE SHOCKER · 12-31-2009, 07:53 PM

I text and drive all the time.. I hardly look at my screen. I know where every letter/number is...

RedRide · 12-31-2009, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by THE SHOCKER

I text and drive all the time.. I hardly look at my screen. I know where every letter/number is...

Just because you are not looking at the screen doesn't mean that you are giving your driving all your attention!

Rear end collisions are an ever growing problem and and the most prevelent reason (next to tailgating) is inatentive driving.

Inatentive driving is defined as not giving your driving 100% of your attention.

supmet · 12-31-2009, 09:34 PM

^^ I understand what you're saying, but the lady next to him putting on makeup and reaching back to beat her kids, while holding her big mac and switching spongebob tapes is more distracted than he is texting.

Instead of adding on to the millions of laws in the US, they should just make actual driving violations much stiffer. Texting isn't the issue. Dumb people who can't drive are the problem.

And as RedRide said, NEXT to tailgating. I personally believe roads would be 20 times safer if cops actually enforced tailgating laws, but that isn't exciting and doesn't make news, just texting crap every night.

scape · 12-31-2009, 10:19 PM

i saw a car flipped onto its side on the highway, in the median (read soft, grassy plain about 25 yards wide), with the driver outside, standing, Okay. no other car in sight, except for the police officers scratching their heads, and asking questions it seemed. what was the girl, I mean driver doing while being questioned? texting.
all i could think of: "oh, Em Gee! I totally flipped my car and survived a near fatal accident! let me status update this to all my friends!"

12-29-2009, 07:25 PM	#1
bobselectric Kickin' Yaris Drives: 07 Yaris liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: west harrison, ny Posts: 523	Texting while driving A brutally graphic psa about texting while driving. Please don't do it! http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...b996122&ref=nf

12-29-2009, 07:44 PM	#2
Black Yaris der Zeck View User's Garage Drives: '05 Audi A4 1.8t quattro Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 5,231	just became illegal here in Ohio we are not even permitted to dial while driving __________________

12-30-2009, 01:48 AM	#4
SilverBack Joey View User's Garage Drives: '14 Scion xD 5-speed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: El Monte, Ca Posts: 3,529	That was a good vid. And using a phone for whatever reason while driving is completely banned here. Matter of fact traffic doesn't seem so slow and reckless anymore... __________________ Formerly owned Met-Met. '07 Yaris LB 5-speed. A forum post should be like a skirt: Long enough to cover the subject but short enough to keep things interesting. "I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem." -Hank Hill

12-31-2009, 01:03 PM	#9
Kimmy Loves to travel Drives: 2008 toyota yaris Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 321	its illegal here to, but people still do it. Sucks for the accident and watching it got me flash backs when i got my car accident and it sucked really bad, remmember all this dust coming out of the air bag n i could hardly breathe. __________________

12-31-2009, 07:01 PM	#13
fujiwaru View User's Garage Drives: 08 Toyota Yaris Sedan Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oahu,Hawaii Posts: 255	i remember watching this video in my drivers ed class last year. Its not allowed here too and it pisses me off that cops get to do it while they catch everyone else who does it. I still see people that talk on the phone while driving. __________________ - Arvin

12-30-2009, 09:43 AM	#5
jjonrofl Drives: 2009 Yaris LB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 37	oh god I can't even watch the whole thing, it's so damn realistic

12-31-2009, 01:43 AM	#6
yaris-me Learn to Relax Drives: 2007, Meteorite, LB Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,070	I was going west on the 91 about 11:30 am and a young boy was texting. He kept looking up and then back to his left hand at the phone. He spent more time looking at his phone than driving. I haven't seen any reduction of people using their phone since the law went into effect.

12-31-2009, 12:42 PM	#7
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	When I had my truck, I would use the key to make it backfire; it was LOUD. The Idiot Class hadn't started texting then, but talking on the phone was usual. Amazing the reaction one gets when there is a huge blast right outside the driver's window in the middle of a conversation! Women (particularly with kids in the ca) were my favourite target...

12-31-2009, 12:56 PM	#8
GeneralDon7 View User's Garage Drives: Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 221	It just became illegal here too, about 2 months ago. But your still allowed to read txts, just not send , I still see people all the time looking at there phones.

12-31-2009, 06:09 PM	#11
JBIZZ Drives: 2007 Liftback white Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 122	If the DMV would require an intelligence test, than no one would be texting while driving. An interesting thing I heard on a podcast (I think "On Point") was one's responsiveness while talking on the phone while driving is the same as drinking and driving. So why aren't the penalties the same, if its just as dangerous?

12-31-2009, 06:45 PM	#12
taracor Drives: 2009 5 Dr. Hatch Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WA state Posts: 72	Illegal here too, though I wish it were actually enforced..

12-31-2009, 07:53 PM	#15
THE SHOCKER Drives: 08 Yaris Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: chicago Posts: 2	I text and drive all the time.. I hardly look at my screen. I know where every letter/number is... __________________

12-31-2009, 09:34 PM	#17
supmet Banned View User's Garage Drives: 2007 4 Door Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,357	^^ I understand what you're saying, but the lady next to him putting on makeup and reaching back to beat her kids, while holding her big mac and switching spongebob tapes is more distracted than he is texting. Instead of adding on to the millions of laws in the US, they should just make actual driving violations much stiffer. Texting isn't the issue. Dumb people who can't drive are the problem. And as RedRide said, NEXT to tailgating. I personally believe roads would be 20 times safer if cops actually enforced tailgating laws, but that isn't exciting and doesn't make news, just texting crap every night.

12-31-2009, 10:19 PM	#18
scape View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Hatchback Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Beaufort, South Carolina Posts: 388	i saw a car flipped onto its side on the highway, in the median (read soft, grassy plain about 25 yards wide), with the driver outside, standing, Okay. no other car in sight, except for the police officers scratching their heads, and asking questions it seemed. what was the girl, I mean driver doing while being questioned? texting. all i could think of: "oh, Em Gee! I totally flipped my car and survived a near fatal accident! let me status update this to all my friends!"

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