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The moron who slows down while distracted by the phone, or the asshole who, phone and all, weaves in and out of traffic trying to keep that Escalade going a steady 80?
Far as I'm concerned, anyone talking on the phone while driving - hands free or not - should just be taken out back and shot. I'm sick and tired of having to be the one who has to get out of the way while some jackass crosses over into my lane while they're fiddling with their fucking phone instead of paying attention to driving.
The worst are the moms in suvs. I won't call them soccer moms because I doubt they ever get far enough away from their phones and their vehicles to watch their kids play soccer. Maybe they deliver them. They're not even in touch with their own kids, much less the world. They can't, or won't, see out of those gas-guzzling monsters they drive.
Yeah, they're noticeable on city streets, outside schools, on freeways. Their driving and even their parking is erratic. It would be easy for cops to spot them and pull them over--but what to charge them with? You might as well be drunk probably wouldn't stick.
