There are hands-free phones for cars, but as far as I’m aware, no hands-free devices for eating burgers. Though in Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times” there’s an invention for a person to have an entire hands-free meal.
When they first started talking about banning people from using their phones while driving, they kept quoting the stat about number of accidents caused by distracting driving, INCLUDING using the phone. They neglected to mention at the time that among accident caused by distracted driving, phone were ranked 5th. Being distracted by things outside the car was number one, so rubber necking. Also talking to people in the car, eating, and reading were all up there. Yes, reading. People putting a book\newspaper on the steering wheel and reading.
So eating and drinking beat phone usage in causing accidents but no talk about banning that. I guess the fast food restaurants had too powerful of a lobby.
What’s the scariest thing in the world? Women who put on their makeup at 90 miles per hour. You can always tell. They’ve got the Revlon dashboard. Vanity lights around the rear view mirror. Guys like me in the next lane are so scared we drop our newspaper from the windshield …
In the average U.S. household, 15 to 18% of expenses go to owning, maintaining, and fueling automobiles. On average, Americans drive more than 14,000 miles each year. This, despite the clear harm that automobiles cause to the natural environment and human health and the colossal amount of land and public expenditure that is necessary to support car-centric design. Yet you somehow expect people who make such asinine decisions to somehow make good choices when they get behind the wheel?!!!
I had someone coming to the house, backing up the driveway with a drink in one hand and a phone between her head and shoulder talking to someone while trying to steer. Needless to say she wound up on the lawn but at least didn’t hit a tree or anything.
Driving into work one morning in the winter, it was dark. The car in front of me was driving erratically. Came to a red light and I could see a woman putting on makeup in the vanity mirror with lights on. If a woman is ugly enough to have to do that, I imagine the makeup is no help.
I think Frazz was trying to push focused driving. My car insurance gives me a 5% discount if I maintain 80% focused driving for the month and a chance to win a bigger discount for 100% focused driving.
Concretionist 8 months ago
I have personally seen a man shaving while driving. On an interstate. And a friend swears he saw a woman practicing the flute. Phone? Pish and tush.
ChristineFoxdale 8 months ago
Reading the newspaper. Washington Beltway, mid AM, several years ago.
PoodleGroomer 8 months ago
Driving on ice while drunk, talking on a phone, and eating a saucy burger.
micromos 8 months ago
Try adjusting your radio.
cervelo 8 months ago
Every cyclist’s nightmare.
steveh64 8 months ago
There are hands-free phones for cars, but as far as I’m aware, no hands-free devices for eating burgers. Though in Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times” there’s an invention for a person to have an entire hands-free meal.
mrwiskers 8 months ago
I’d like a drone service to send me images on my car screen.
ears2u812 Premium Member 8 months ago
Texting while driving! Phone conversations in the food store! Grrrr!
Ceeg22 Premium Member 8 months ago
Phone is less messy, so potentially less distracting
sandpiper 8 months ago
Kid’s fixated on disaster. Frazz is frozen.
DM2860 8 months ago
Women applying eye makeup
DM2860 8 months ago
When they first started talking about banning people from using their phones while driving, they kept quoting the stat about number of accidents caused by distracting driving, INCLUDING using the phone. They neglected to mention at the time that among accident caused by distracted driving, phone were ranked 5th. Being distracted by things outside the car was number one, so rubber necking. Also talking to people in the car, eating, and reading were all up there. Yes, reading. People putting a book\newspaper on the steering wheel and reading.
So eating and drinking beat phone usage in causing accidents but no talk about banning that. I guess the fast food restaurants had too powerful of a lobby.
trainnut1956 8 months ago
Third Option: Any BMW driver
rshive 8 months ago
There’s only so much stuff one can put on a burger before it overflows the bun.
Ancient Wise Guy 8 months ago
What’s the scariest thing in the world? Women who put on their makeup at 90 miles per hour. You can always tell. They’ve got the Revlon dashboard. Vanity lights around the rear view mirror. Guys like me in the next lane are so scared we drop our newspaper from the windshield …
fishbulb239 8 months ago
In the average U.S. household, 15 to 18% of expenses go to owning, maintaining, and fueling automobiles. On average, Americans drive more than 14,000 miles each year. This, despite the clear harm that automobiles cause to the natural environment and human health and the colossal amount of land and public expenditure that is necessary to support car-centric design. Yet you somehow expect people who make such asinine decisions to somehow make good choices when they get behind the wheel?!!!
Mike Baldwin creator 8 months ago
Perhaps I should stay in bed today.
Bill Löhr Premium Member 8 months ago
I had someone coming to the house, backing up the driveway with a drink in one hand and a phone between her head and shoulder talking to someone while trying to steer. Needless to say she wound up on the lawn but at least didn’t hit a tree or anything.
Bill The Nuke 8 months ago
I’ve seen people with books or newspapers in the middle of their steering wheel. Another with a toddler in her lap. Human stupidity has no bounds.
anomaly 8 months ago
Reading a paperback while driving a pickup, but at least it wasn’t a highway.
FRITH RA 8 months ago
I was driving, and eating a messy burrito when the radio told me about John Lennon. The resulting laundry mess was epic.
haasmeister 8 months ago
Driving into work one morning in the winter, it was dark. The car in front of me was driving erratically. Came to a red light and I could see a woman putting on makeup in the vanity mirror with lights on. If a woman is ugly enough to have to do that, I imagine the makeup is no help.
eced52 8 months ago
I think Frazz was trying to push focused driving. My car insurance gives me a 5% discount if I maintain 80% focused driving for the month and a chance to win a bigger discount for 100% focused driving.
tee929 8 months ago
Michigan has made it illegal to use “hand-held phones” while driving (or sitting at a traffic light) and eating while driving.