"Dustin" <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Jenn" <nope@noway.atno.how.anyday> wrote in
> news:i7942e$med$1@news.eternal-september.org:
>
>> "Dustin" <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9DF9BBEC9935EHHI2948AJD832@no...
>>> "Jenn" <me@nowhere.whocareswhathisemailisanyway> wrote in
>>> news:i78mub$c86$1@news.eternal-september.org:
>>>
>>>> Dustin wrote:
>>>>> "Jenn" <me@nowhere.whocareswhathisemailisanyway> wrote in
>>>>> news:i78j2k $tb9$1@news.eternal-september.org:
>>>>>>> A car is only as safe as it's driver; and if you continue
>>>>>>> talking on the phone while driving; you're not being a safe
>>>>>>> driver.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Question: Do you listen to music when you're driving?
>>>>>
>>>>> On occasion. As the radio is busted in my van; it's not often. I
>>>>> have an mp3 player wired up to external speakers; but I keep the
>>>>> volume real low so I can listen for engine/transmission noises.
>>>>>
>>>>> You won't find statistics that say average drivers who do listen
>>>>> to music cause nearly as many fatalities as that of a drunk or
>>>>> cell phone using driver.
>>
>>
>>>> .. cause NEARLY as many?? Are you saying that causing any
>>>> accidents from listening to music is acceptable?
>>
>>
>>> What I said was that if you are talking on a cell phone while
>>> driving then you are not a safe driver.
>>
>> You also made the comparison that listening to music won't cause
>> nearly as many fatalities. Sounds like it's ok with you to cause
>
> Actually, you tried to swing the topic towards music; but I'm not
> playing along.

I made a comparison. Music is distracting just as talking on a cell phone.


>> Which is it? Are you for being a safe driver or not?

> According to published statistics, cell phone driving is just as
> dangerous as drunk driving. I don't believe you should be driving drunk
> anymore so than talking on the phone while your driving, and
> overwhelming evidence supports me on this.


Driving with an distraction is dangerous. Would you agree?

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Jenn (from Oklahoma)
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