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Well, Lee, considering that she was SITTING STILL when she was darned near killed in that car accident...
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It's all a tough call, really... I mean, talking on the phone while driving is really no different than talking to the person in the passenger seat, eh?
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Hey, I'll try not to take that personally, okay? But I don't drive too fast, as a rule. In fact, I very rarely speed. I have before; so has everyone. Last summer, I did a LOT of stupid things in my car. It was new, I thought I was invincable. Since the accident last Sept, you'd probably be surprised to get in the car with me and discover that I'm a VERY safe and cautious driver. But I'm not going to try to convince you of that. You'll believe what you want to.
But.... if you're going to bring up my car accident, then let me TELL you what happened, okay? I wasn't on the phone. I wasn't speeding. I was STOPPED at a yield, obeying the law, and due to two other people's poor decision making, I was hit by a CADILLAC and a MOVING TRUCK. I was not moving. I was not at fault. There were no cell phones involved, except the ones used to call the paramedics afterwards, and yet I suffer still to this DAY from those injuries. I may get better someday, I may not. It's too soon to tell. But thank you for bringing that up AND trying to pin the blame on me.
Every day I'm reminded of the accident. Everytime I get in the car, I wonder if this is going to be the day I get into another one. I'm not trying to be mellodramatic. I'm not trying to wallow in self pity. I'm just telling you how it is....
Talking on my phone is no different than talking to my roommate when I pick her up from work. At least on the phone I keep my eyes on the road, rather than glancing at my passenger. That's how I feel and you're probably not going to change my mind.
Oh, and that post from earlier? Sorry if it sounded like I was "whining"... I wasn't. I was stating my opinion, and adding in a commentary that was meant for HUMOR, not seriousness. That's how I am. Deal with it.
~LOA
PS~ I believe the proper term is "Road Head", and from what I hear, certain friends of mine partake in it ALL the time! Pleh!
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Here is an amusing anecdote that will make everyone happy and friendly and lovely:
Today was my last day of class! And I am therefore better than everyone I know whose last day of class was not today. (Though not as good as those whose last days of class preceeded my own, in some cases by many years.)
On second thought, perhaps that does not technically qualify as an anecdote.
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ER.. I wanna start off by saying I don't recall any of the particulars of LOA's accident post, so I may be WAY off when I say...
I've never known anybody who stopped at a yield, unless the merge lane was FILLED with cars. I mean, in my driving class they told us that you're supposed to match traffic speed, and look for an entry gap, and that slowing down at yields was hazardous and stopping was inviting an accident, mainly because other people are expecting you to accelerate to merge.
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Yield as in one street has the right of way, and the cross street has yield signs. Think of it as a semi-controlled intersection.... there was a moving truck barrelling down the road with the right of way, so I had to stop 'til he passed. Unfortunately, the person on the other side of that intersection neglected to yield, hence the sudden impact and huge collision. There was no merging to be done......
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Christ, spare me from hormonal teenagers. I wonder if I was that predictable when I was one? I just KNEW it would be Omega who'd leap in and rush to defend her. . .
I'm not getting at you Liz, I'm trying to make a point. All those little traits of yours could just have wasily have ended up with you being the person doing the ramming instead of the other way round. Whether your life is any better the way it turned out is probably moot.
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Fo2: You're thinking of an actual merge area. Merge areas have lanes with them for a certain distance, so you can accelerate to the speed of traffic. Yield signs are effectively stop signs when there's oncoming traffic.
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