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Originally Posted by Spartan198
Just like how drugs wouldn't be a problem if they were legal?  You really must be POI because only a dumbass like him would chastise me for using my phone in the car while at the same time supporting complete legalization of illegal narcotics. |
I never said they wouldn't be a problem. I specifically said militarization of the police would not be necessary. I don't care if you want to smoke crack or talk on your cell phone in the privacy of your home. Just don't do either of them if you're operating a motor vehicle.
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My peripheral vision isn't affected when I'm on the phone because my eyes are in the front on my skull, not inside my ears. I also have no problem maintaining control over my car with one hand because that's the way I was taught to drive since I was 10. I can swing the wheel in multiple circles in either direction with one hand quite easily.
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You hold the phone to the side of your head. Peripheral vision is what you see on either side of your head. Holding something up to your head interferes with peripheral vision on that side of your head. Turning your head so you can see something because your chell phone and arm are in the way is not peripheral vision. And you're not supposed to steer with one hand either. That is illegal. Hands at 10 and 2.
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Good for them. Does that mean a majority of people should go to jail for driving sober because one person drove drunk, then?
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This makes absolutely no goddam sense. Are you defending drunk drivers here? I can't even figure out a way that this question is even a grammatically appropriate response to my point. Drunk drivers bad, sober drivers not bad. Distracted drivers bad, focused drivers not bad. Does that make it easier for you?
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So I guess it's a bad idea for me to do things like math because not everybody can? Maybe I should go everywhere in a wheelchair because not everyone can walk?
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Not being able to do math or walk has never killed anyone. Not being able to drive a care because of alcohol intoxication has killed millions of people. Not being able to drive a car because of a distracting cell phone conversation has killed thousands.
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Unlike you, my mouth, eyes, and hands function independent of each other. For example, I'm typing this response to you while watching Law & Order and having a conversation with my sister about how silly your logic behind statements like "drugs wouldn't be a problem if they were legal" is.
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Your body parts do not function independently of each other. You're not a robot made of separate modules. Your entire body responds in one way or another to every form of stimuli. Also you weren't doing all of those things at the same time. You typed a bit here, said something to your sister, typed some more, glanced over at the TV, then went back to typing. I know you did this because you do not have the choice to do it any other way, that is how the human brain works. It has been proven with, guess what, scientific research.
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FYI, I never took part in any of these so-called studies, so none of them reflect me or my driving abilities. I represent me, not any "majority".
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"No officer, you don't understand, you see, I'm better than everyone, therefore the law does not apply to me."
And I'd like you to take a minute to apply this logic to something else. If you became sick, and a doctor prescribed you medicine, would you reject treatment on the grounds that you were not part of the clinical trials for that particular medicine?