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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:11 PM
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattle...ives/152431.asp
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Oct 24 2008, 10:11 PM

To that and doing other things while driving...

it still amazes me, while i carpool some mornings up to work to fly by everyone in the carpool lane on 405 i see so many people either reading,(yes reading..) txting, etc almost end up rear ending the car in front of them
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 12:39 AM
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i love carpooling to redmond passing people on 405.
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 02:00 PM
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...and crashed into parked cars on the side of the street.
She hit more than one?!?! And yet was still going fast enough to wind up under a parked car.
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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"But officer, I just looked down to read a text from my boyfriend," she reportedly told the cops.

Driver never had a chance.
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 08:50 PM
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One of my former students got into an accident while she was texting and is now in a wheelchair.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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driving while texting should get you a shotgun blast to the side of your car. that will get you eyes up.
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