Re: SECOND djf Behind the wheel, on the phone, styling hair... / More and more multi tasking drivers are bringing real danger to the road

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Synthesis: Law and Technology"  
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Date: May 29, 2007 10:31:01 AM EDT
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Subject: Re: [IP] Behind the wheel, on the phone, styling hair... /  
More and more multi tasking drivers are bringing real danger to the road

Dave,

I see the same things the troopers do, pretty much every day.  But I  
don't think it is new.
Long before Blackberries existed you could spot at least one woman  
every day putting on makeup with both hands and steering with her  
knees.  Not to single out the women, the men were doing equally  
stupid things.   I think the stupidity remains the same, just the  
tools have changed.   The driver who drove off the road and rammed  
into a bridge abutment to avoid rear-ending me 15 years ago was  
trying to cut something (Pizza?) before realizing at the last minute  
taht all ttaffic in front of him was stopped.  Today if he is still  
on the road, he would be defrosting sushi by taking advantage of his  
dual-zone climate control and holding it infront of hot air vents  
instead (keeping the other side on ice cold to balance out the  
heat).  I really don't think it is the technology that endangers. It  
has always been the idiots.

Dan Steinberg

SYNTHESIS:Law & Technology
35, du Ravin phone: (613) 794-5356
Chelsea, Quebec
J9B 1N1


On 5/28/07, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: May 28, 2007 11:28:53 AM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Behind the wheel, on the phone, styling
hair... / More and more multi tasking drivers are bringing real
danger to the road

[Note:  This item comes from reader Monty Solomon.  DLH]

From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com >
Date: May 28, 2007 6:00:35 AM PDT
Subject: Behind the wheel, on the phone, styling hair... / More and
more multi tasking drivers are bringing real danger to the road


Behind the wheel, on the phone, styling hair...
More and more multi tasking drivers are bringing real danger to the road

By Mac Daniel, Globe Staff  |  May 27, 2007

State Police talk about the time they pulled up to a guy in a
fender-bender on Interstate 290 with his airbags deployed and the
interior spattered in red. They rushed for their medical kits, only
to find it wasn't blood they were looking at, but tomato sauce. The
driver had been dining on pasta behind the wheel.

Just last week, State Police Lieutenant James A. Jones noticed a man
trying to pull his dress shirt over his head, then continuing a
wardrobe change, all while driving on Route 24. "I was about to turn
on my blue lights when he stands up," Jones said. "He's taking off
his pants."

Other motorists are doing crossword puzzles or reading books in
stop-and-go traffic on Route 128, styling their hair while navigating
the Massachusetts Turnpike, or pecking away on laptops perched on the
passenger seat on the Southeast Expressway.

Troopers also say they often pull over teenagers for text messaging
while driving. One motorist was spotted watching a DVD on his laptop.
And there was the driver pulled over on Interstate 93 while trying to
eat a bowl of cereal.

With an average commute of nearly 30 minutes each way in the Boston
area and the growing popularity of BlackBerries, text messaging,
iPods, and in-dash navigation systems complete with Zagat restaurant
guides, law enforcement officials, safety researchers, and insurance
executives are increasingly worried that the very technology designed
to make life easier is actually endangering drivers.

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< http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/05/27/
behind_the_wheel_on_the_phone_styling_hair/>


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Dan Steinberg

SYNTHESIS:Law & Technology
35, du Ravin phone: (613) 794-5356
Chelsea, Quebec
J9B 1N1

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