02.02.05
ARRRGH! (please plug your ears if you are sensitive to loud noises)
All of you people who drive and use your cell phone: HANG UP AND DRIVE!!! Please note my intentional use of exclamation points to indicate the ferocity with which I mean this.
I was trying to cross the street at work today, to walk to another building. As I took a step into the crosswalk, I suddenly heard this very loud “Vrooooooooom!” and looked to my left, just in time to see some butthead (in a State car, mind you) talking on his cell phone while he was accelerating into turning onto the street that I was crossing. If I had taken one more step, he would have been on top of me, and I would be dead (or very badly injured). He only happened to look up at the last minute, and he had the nerve to hold up his hand in the “Oh, I’m sorry, excuse me.” gesture. Jerk!
Number one: what could possibly be so important that you need to talk about it while you are driving? If something is that important, you should not be dividing your attention. Call when you get to your destination or pull into that parking lot about 50 feet ahead of you.
Number two: Even if you don’t care about me, have a thought about your own life, and what it would be like if you were involved in an accident.
Number three: Even if you don’t care about your life, think about your car. Do you have the money to get it repaired when you: scratch/dent another car, damage the hood when I go flying onto it after you hit me, break the windshield?
Number four: Please remember that you are maneuvering at least 1/2 a ton of metal and plastic at high rates of speed. 1/2 of anything is going to beat out 140 lbs of organic material, any day. Think about it.
