Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1991 23:45:11 GMT From: "Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR/AA" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Dangers of Cellular Car Phones Reply-To: "Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR/AA" Message-ID: Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast) Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 301, Message 1 of 10 Lines: 21 As quoted from by Geoff Goodfellow : > reaction and came across this from a women on her car phone: "My name > is Julia. Longtime listener. I'm very upset that you're canceling > 'Perspectives' and I'm considering canceling my support. Please > reinstate --," followed by the sound of squealing brakes, a crash, > shattering glass, and Julia yelling "Oh s---, you've made me so mad I > just rear-ended the f---er in front of me. Have to go now." Click. Not so funny. I've lost track of the number of times that idiots who were too busy yakking on their cellphones to check for someone in the next lane over have forced me off the road. Me: Brandon S. Allbery Ham: KB8JRR/AA on 10m,2m,220,440,1.2 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG (restricted HF at present) Delphi: ALLBERY AMPR: kb8jrr.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery KB8JRR @ WA8BXN.OH