Cell Phone Question

[Jenn]

Admitted text freak. About 400 minutes a month total on the phone but about 3,000 to 4,000 texts/mms on my phone. I have one of them BlackBerry phones, too, so I also get a ton of e-mail.

When Thomas was stateside I was that bad, but since he went overseas, we really only have about 4 hours total during the day that we are both awake and have time for me to text message his e-mail. When he first went over I had maybe 200, but now we are back up to at least 1000

I have 1400 minutes shared between 3 phones. Mine uses about 900 to 1000 and my parents use maybe 100 minutes each.

 

[Kelly]

I'm guilty while driving too Kris. Although, I am in stop and go traffic most of my commute. I think I made Joe nervous a time or two to and from the track in Baytown this year. He wasn't real comfortable with my texting at 65 mph's.

 

[Suzie Q]

Y'all bad little children stop that texting while driving! I still love ya, but I am gonna shake my head at ya!!!

 

[Kris]

When Thomas was stateside I was that bad, but since he went overseas, we really only have about 4 hours total during the day that we are both awake and have time for me to text message his e-mail. When he first went over I had maybe 200, but now we are back up to at least 1000

I have 1400 minutes shared between 3 phones. Mine uses about 900 to 1000 and my parents use maybe 100 minutes each.

He's in the Air Force, if I remember right, yeah? In any case, thank him for his service, and thank you for supporting him. My brother in law was in the Air Force and boy, did his wife put up with a lot.

I didn't do a lot of texting till I became a mod on a cell phone forum. Now I text the other mods a lot about dealing with stuff on the forum. And it's weird, I text quite a few of members, though none that I've banned.

I'm guilty while driving too Kris. Although, I am in stop and go traffic most of my commute. I think I made Joe nervous a time or two to and from the track in Baytown this year. He wasn't real comfortable with my texting at 65 mph's.

I've gotten to a point with my husband that I have him reply for me when I'm driving. It freaks him out and he gets mad at me if I text and drive while he's in the car. That way we both get what we want: I respond to texts and he isn't cringing in fear that I'll kill us both. I guess it doesn't help that I'm a somewhat aggressive driver. I have a Mustang. What can I say?

Y'all bad little children stop that texting while driving! I still love ya, but I am gonna shake my head at ya!!!

Yes, ma'am, and you are absolutely justified.

Hi, my name is Kris and I'm a text-a-holic.

 

[clwill]

Y'all bad little children stop that texting while driving! I still love ya, but I am gonna shake my head at ya!!!

Guilty as charged, officer...

 

[yoda]

Because it does NOTHING to solve the problem. The problem isn't holding the thing to your ear and driving one-handed (plenty of amputees do it daily, for example), the problem is distracted driving. You can be distracted by eating, smoking, texting, reading, emailing, talking to someone in the car, tuning the radio, adjusting the a/c, discipling your child, looking at the scenery, trying to find an address number on the street, and on and on -- oh, and talking on a cell phone. These laws are a silly band-aid on the real problem of driving distracted.

Dead on Christopher... I've always thought that if the DMV would put an addendum on the driving test that would allow someone to test with a phone, and if they passed, they would get a special designation on their plate and licence that says they are qualified to drive while using a cell.

 

["Dr. Dirt"]

Re: texting instead of just plain talking. whats up with that?

why texting with cell phones? don't these phones carry speech? Isn't that what they were designed for? people are so lazy they don't want to go through the effort of moving their lips?

This is easily my favorite post of this thread!

 

[G'ginna]

Re: texting instead of just plain talking. whats up with that?

why texting with cell phones? don't these phones carry speech? Isn't that what they were designed for? people are so lazy they don't want to go through the effort of moving their lips? Ive had my current cell since 06 and I get annoyed when my son texts me. You have to scroll around just to read it. And he wont answer his phone unless you text him. what a colossal Pain in the ***.

Many cell phones are designed to multi-task and with some you can even surf the internet & use email. One reason for texting would be that you are in a public place and want to keep a conversation private, or a sore throat that is making it hard to talk, or in a noisy place that makes it hard to hear. Speaking of hearing, I have a couple friends who are deaf and texting is much easier for us since I can't read sign 600 miles away. Of course, some people prefer texting over talking, kind of like passing notes in school.

I am not saying it is good or bad or even a choice for everyone, but I don't think it has anything to do with laziness.

 

[Jenn]

He's in the Air Force, if I remember right, yeah? In any case, thank him for his service, and thank you for supporting him. My brother in law was in the Air Force and boy, did his wife put up with a lot.

I didn't do a lot of texting till I became a mod on a cell phone forum. Now I text the other mods a lot about dealing with stuff on the forum. And it's weird, I text quite a few of members, though none that I've banned.

Yep, he's in the Air Force and he will be coming home in 13 days!

I do a lot of texting because I'm on the phone a lot and this way I can carry on two conversations at once. There are some things just not important enough to call. So I'll just send a text, when they have time to answer it, great, no rush so neither of us have to drop everything to answer it.

 

[Kelly]

There are some things just not important enough to call. So I'll just send a text, when they have time to answer it, great, no rush so neither of us have to drop everything to answer it.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

Many cell phones are designed to multi-task and with some you can even surf the internet & use email. One reason for texting would be that you are in a public place and want to keep a conversation private, or a sore throat that is making it hard to talk, or in a noisy place that makes it hard to hear. Speaking of hearing, I have a couple friends who are deaf and texting is much easier for us since I can't read sign 600 miles away. Of course, some people prefer texting over talking, kind of like passing notes in school.

I am not saying it is good or bad or even a choice for everyone, but I don't think it has anything to do with laziness.

OK....maybe we have two winners!

 

["Dr. Dirt"]

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!



OK....maybe we have two winners!

I think I'm crystal clear on what that makes me then?

 

[Kelly]

I think I'm crystal clear on what that makes me then?

Oh, goodness.....YOU OWE ME A SCREEN CLEANING, MISTER!

 

[Kris]

A big reason I text more than talk is because I work in an office and I can't be constantly wandering off to have phone convos. I can do my job and keep up with people without my boss being the wiser. In fact, when I told him I do 3k to 4k texts a month he was shocked, which is funny because I often do it right in front of him. Oh, well, he's a bit of a technophobe anyway.

This thread has gotten this on my brain though and it may help me be better about using my BT headset in my car and texting less.

I'll text less in the car just for Suzie's sake.

 

[Suzie Q]

Awe.....thank you Kris! I just want you all to be safe!

Now we just have to work on "Hot Rod Holmes"!!!

 

[Kris]

Awe.....thank you Kris! I just want you all to be safe!

Now we just have to work on "Hot Rod Holmes"!!!

Yay!

Heh, Hot Rod Holmes.

I want to be safe, too, trust me. It's just these cell phones have a strange power over me. I've had more than 40 different phones in the past 3 1/2 years. I've got my next few purchases planned out. Right now I'm between a Nokia E51 and a Sony Ericsson K660i. After that I'll be getting a BlackBerry Bold as soon as that comes out (I hear next month, hope so) and hopefully by Christmas I'll upgrade to the newest iPhone.

On the other hand, my Mustang is almost paid off (two more payments), and I have yet to get in a wreck or get any tickets while driving it -- knock on wood. *knocks on forehead*

So you can see what a dilemma I have here.

Jenn, yay! I'm glad your man is coming home soon. I can't tell how glad I was when my brother in law came back from Germany last year. He's as much my little brother as he is my husband's and I missed him horribly. I can only imagine how you might feel.

 

[Toejam]

Now you all know why I have a Caveman Tracfone! Don't have to deal with 21st century gadgets!

 

[Jenn]

Jenn, yay! I'm glad your man is coming home soon. I can't tell how glad I was when my brother in law came back from Germany last year. He's as much my little brother as he is my husband's and I missed him horribly. I can only imagine how you might feel.

I am super excited. I kept texting (of course) people my countdown. Right now I'm at thirteen and a half days

 

[Bobby]

It takes two hands to drive . The headsets are a compromise. AFAIC you shouldn't be able to talk on a phone at all legally, while driving.

I can always tell when some moron is on the phone. They react very slowly to the green light. They accellerate so slowly you can hardly call it that.
they drive 10mph below the speed limit.

They have to slow to a crawl taking corners, because it's pretty tough turning that wheel with one hand.


They are a PAIN IN THE ASS.

And they are oblivious to all of the above. This describes my experience behind one self-absorbed idiot just yesterday.

who cares if your battery wears out faster, I hope it wears out before I get anywhere near you.

 

[G'ginna]

It takes two hands to drive .

I can always tell when some moron is on the phone. They react very slowly to the green light. They accellerate so slowly you can hardly call it that.
they drive 10mph below the speed limit.

They have to slow to a crawl taking corners, because it's pretty tough turning that wheel with one hand.

They are a PAIN IN THE ASS.

I really hate sharing the highway with the guys who are talking while driving their 1 ton pickups/dually with a trailer load of stuff with the cell phone stuck between their shoulder & ear and their coffee in one hand and a smoke in the other. They always seem to think that a lane 7 a half is their right while they weave at 60 mph in a 70. These are usually the same guys that flew by you at 80 not two minutes ago.

 

[clwill]

It takes two hands to drive

I'm sorry, but you're wrong. There are also something like 300,000 amputees, including more than a few war vets, in the US who also would disagree. It takes two hands to drive a manual transmission car, but one is more than sufficient to drive an automatic.

I said it before in this thread and I'll say it again. The phone is a tiny portion of the problem and these laws are just a band-aid. The problem is distracted driving, and you can be distracted by a million things, most of which existed long before the cell phone.

The only reason most cell-phone haters are on this case is because they DO all the other things: eat, light a cigarette (find the lit one they dropped), tune the radio, smack their children, try to find an address, read their directions, etc., etc. They just want the laws to apply to everyone BUT themselves.