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RE: Texting and Driving
June 23, 2017 at 3:15 pm
I have no idea how fast I've driven. I had a souped up Celica which IIRC had a speedo that topped out at 120. Buried it.
Had a Yamaha 550 that had a speedo that only went to 85, but it would do that with acceleration left in fourth and two gears to go. I figure I got it up to 120-130mph. That kind of speed on a bike is crazy fast.
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RE: Texting and Driving
June 23, 2017 at 3:24 pm
Texting while driving?... there's a stupid concept.
Why use text, when voice is so much easier and faster?... considering the situation you're in...
Also, I don't know about those fancy iPhones you guys have, but my android has had speakerphone since 2010. If I ever have to answer while driving, I slow down, answer, hit the speaker button and then go on driving normally, since the phone can be on my lap.
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RE: Texting and Driving
June 23, 2017 at 3:43 pm
(June 23, 2017 at 3:15 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I have no idea how fast I've driven. I had a souped up Celica which IIRC had a speedo that topped out at 120. Buried it.
Had a Yamaha 550 that had a speedo that only went to 85, but it would do that with acceleration left in fourth and two gears to go. I figure I got it up to 120-130mph. That kind of speed on a bike is crazy fast.
Got my cow vulcan up to around 110mph. Shut it down when the front wheel started leaving the pavement. That was back when I still believed I was invincible.
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RE: Texting and Driving
June 23, 2017 at 3:47 pm
What is this 100+ mph you guys speak of?!
Don't cars go back in time when they reach 88mph?
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RE: Texting and Driving
June 23, 2017 at 3:50 pm
You could never get me to drive that fast. I've gone just a bit over 80 and that was more than enough for me.
I guess that's why I haven't done any of that time travel stuff pocaracas mentioned...
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RE: Texting and Driving
June 23, 2017 at 5:53 pm
I don't often bring my phone when I leave the house (I'm not so self-important that I feel people need to reach me in every imaginable circumstance). On those occasions when I do, I don't use it while driving.
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RE: Texting and Driving
June 23, 2017 at 5:57 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2017 at 5:57 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
My phone goes everywhere with me. The fate of the Free World relies upon it.
That, and I can surf the web while waiting at the clinic or whatnot.