Head Bobbers
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
United States
April 24, 2016 8:33am CST
So sick of seeing the head bobbers driving along and using their cell phones. Who are they trying to kid anyway? It is obvious that they are texting.
My husband told me that he has nearly had several head on collisions due to people texting while driving. He lays on the horn and they quickly jerk the wheel averting an accident.
I am in my vehicle quite a bit with my job. I feel as if I am putting my life on the line every day. People need to smarten up and do what a vehicle was intended to do. It drives you to and from point A to point B. It isn't a phone booth.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 16
they don't care, and you see it all the time, even though it's now against the law to text and drive.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
You see them looking up and looking down, head bobbing. The amount of time the spend watching the road is less than the time they look at their phone.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
27 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 My husband has witnessed the police doing the same.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
27 Apr 16
@ElusiveButterfly It's against the law around here but I often wonder how many have actually been ticketed. I have even see the police in their cars using their cell phones. So if the police don't follow the law how do they expect others too.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
The only way they will realize how dangerous it is would be for them to have an accident.
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
I sometimes feel that the only way they will learn is to have a minor accident.
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@JudyEv (325648)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Apr 16
@ElusiveButterfly I'm sure you're right but the trouble is that is it often ends up being a major accident.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
25 Apr 16
@ElusiveButterfly Yes, I do, too. I don't know why people can't understand the danger of it.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
@peavey scares the crap out of me.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
I wish people would wake up and smell the coffee. I worry about the safety of others and myself too.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Apr 16
It really is scary isn't it that people think that they can drive at high speed and text at the same time!!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
@BelleStarr, even at a slower speed it is dangerous. Accidents happen so quickly.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
@BelleStarr there is no important text. It is on your phone and will be there when you are in a safe place to read it.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
25 Apr 16
@ElusiveButterfly True and what message could be that important?
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
24 Apr 16
cells now, some anyways, can be told. Phone text hubby. Record. "say whatever here" phone end recording. send. etc. but even then, if it HAS to be done on the road, just use hands free calling!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
I never read or send a text while driving. When the phone rings I will pull over to answer it or let it go to voicemail.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 Apr 16
@Marty1 mine I can tell to call people, I just tend to call before I hit the roads, so I then can use the car speakers to talk back at, and dont touch it at all
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
26 Apr 16
I am sure that if they see a cruiser the phones go down. But, when there are none in sight the bobbing begins.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
When I see someone texting next to me I blow the horn and give them the thumbs up. They still don't get it.
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
25 Apr 16
I see alot of people texting and driving lately and it's not good. I see people talking on the phone as well. Thank god they have laws now if caught doing both. But it still doesn't stop them and it's not just teens I see alot of adults doing it.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
Way too many adults are doing this terrible practice. I am sick of seeing it.
@cherriefic (10400)
• Philippines
24 Apr 16
That's really what causes road accidents nowadays.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
There are more reasons than that, but it is high on that list.
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
I hear ya Jabo. It is more important to text or talk than to be safe.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Apr 16
We have the laws here Fredo. Unfortunately they don't abide by them. I have to laugh when I see a New York plate and the drive is using their phone. NY was one of the first states to make it illegal to use cell phones while driving.
