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Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year

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On 12/12/24 10:09, Scout wrote:
> 
> 
> "bad sector" <forgetski@_INVALID.net> wrote in message 
> news:KPSdnamkC5Kjncf6nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> On 12/11/24 15:52, Andrew wrote:
>>> super70s wrote on Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:38:40 -0600 :
>>>
>>>>> And for all the morons out there who love to claim "absence of 
>>>>> evidence is
>>>>> not evidence of absence", then simply show evidence of these 
>>>>> accidents that
>>>>> you religiously feel must exist simply because you want them to exist.
>>>>
>>>> I saw in my hometown paper yesterday the sister of an erstwhile 
>>>> friend crashed her Mercedes into two other cars at a stoplight, 
>>>> causing a chain reaction and sending herself and others to the 
>>>> hospital. I'm willing to bet she was on the phone.
>>>
>>>
>>> I fully agree with you that there should be a law against using Mercedes
>>> vehicles while driving. It makes perfect sense to do that (in your 
>>> world).
>>>
>>>> Anecdotal but I've seen enough anecdotes to believe these laws are 
>>>> needed.
>>>
>>> Nobody said that driving doesn't *already* include handling a zillion
>>> distractions, so we all agree that only people who are too stupid to 
>>> handle
>>> those distractions should be driving.
>>> That's why we have a "driving test" for all drivers after all.
>>>
>>> If they're too stupid to handle one more distraction out of hundreds 
>>> (maybe
>>> thousands) then they shouldn't be driving a vehicle, Mercedes or 
>>> otherwise.
>>>
>>> In reality, there should be a law against giving stupid people a 
>>> license.
>>>
>>> In fact, insurance companies always gave me a "good driver" discount 
>>> and a
>>> "good student" discount because I'm not too stupid to handle 
>>> distractions.
>>>
>>> If someone has NOT always received both those discounts their entire
>>> driving life, then they are (by definition) too stupid to be in this
>>> conversation.
>>>
>>> Moving forward, please append the sig with whether or not you have a 
>>> good
>>> driver discount and (when you were going to school) a good student one.
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Not stupid so I can handle distractions, as evidenced by my "good 
>> driver" and "good student" discounts my whole life.
>>
>> Over a million miles without accidents says that hands-free is not 
>> brain-free, argue with that.
> 
> Easy.. most people can easily think about multiple things at the same 
> time. You can drive, have a discussion and listen to music all at the 
> same time. Now, I grant you need to be able to prioritize as needed, but 
> virtually everyone, excluding yourself, can apparently do it very well.

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  Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-11 17:13 +0000
    Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2024-12-11 18:17 +0000
    Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-12-11 10:55 -0800
      Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year Allodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net> - 2024-12-12 20:00 +0000
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    Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2024-12-11 13:38 -0600
      Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-11 20:52 +0000
        Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2024-12-11 16:11 -0500
          Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-12 04:11 +0000
            Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2024-12-12 07:28 -0500
              Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-12 21:14 +0000
          Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year "Scout" <me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> - 2024-12-12 09:09 -0600
            Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2024-12-12 12:05 -0500
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                Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-13 18:34 +0000
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        Re: Colorado hands-free driving law taking effect in the new year D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2024-12-12 00:32 +0000
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