Texting & Driving crash

[McVaaahhh]

Saw this on the news last night. Video of some dumb-ass bus driver texting and then crashing into the back of someone.

I fuggin hate people on cell phones or texting. How the fuck can you drive when you're looking at your phone and typing shit into it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M74j8LvX6k

Just noticed his passenger is in a wheel chair too...

[Tipys]

Damn I am sure if there wasnt a camra in the bus he would have said his brakes went out.

[Captain Obvious]

Studies show cameras in work vehicles improve safety and reduce accidents. Also help prove when the drivers are at fault. Sure hope this guy gets fired.

[= Buckeye Jess =]

He's lucky that it was a 4Runner that he plowed into the ass end of...as opposed to some small economy car and running it clean over - killing everybody in the process.

kalibra - studies have shown that handsfree devices actually don't improve safety at all. It seems to be a distraction issue while chatting on the phone period, not just holding it up to your ear. (But I totally hear where you are coming from!) People just assume they are better than that and they'll never cause a crash and hurt someone b/c they HAVE to make this one quick phone call.

[SaShWhO]

what a douche!
here's to him and all others like him:321:

[MetaLord 9]

If the car in front of him had been a bike, the rider(s) would have been killed for sure. That much mass traveling at that kind of speed...physics takes over here.

[Mother Goose]

I fuggin hate people on cell phones or texting. How the fuck can you drive when you're looking at your phone and typing shit into it?
Some people can text w/out looking at their phones. ;) But most people on the road shouldn't even be on the road at all.

[dirkterrell]

If the car in front of him had been a bike, the rider(s) would have been killed for sure. That much mass traveling at that kind of speed...physics takes over here.

And then everyone falls asleep? :)

+1 on what Jess said. It's not so much having your hands free. It's having the concentration to observe and react to what's going around you.

Dirk

[McVaaahhh]

Some yes, but many people can't even walk and chew bubble gum at the same time.



Some people can text w/out looking at their phones. ;) But most people on the road shouldn't even be on the road at all.

[asp_125]

Off with his thumbs!

[Canuck]

That guy has no skill.











I'm typng this as I drive.

[Sully]

oh Canuck :bow:... :lol:...

I agree, there are people on the road that shouldn't be... <skurred>

[MetaLord 9]

And then everyone falls asleep? :)
...
Dirk
I knew that was coming...How are the telescope images looking, Mr. Snarky?

[Shea]

I agree, there are people on the road that shouldn't be... <skurred>

Yeah, people like you... :p

[Sully]

Probably so... :alien: :lol:

[Tipys]

Now I just need to get a picture of me on my big wheel texting

[sugarrey]

that big wheel jump......thats just PIMP

[wankel7]

Another neat crash video...

Check out the "FWD" and "LAT" are those G meters?

Why did the truck come over so fast?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4LYZ7ZUtMA&feature=related

[mopoet178]

There are no cameras in the busses I drive, hehe :D

[TFOGGuys]

He's lucky that it was a 4Runner that he plowed into the ass end of...as opposed to some small economy car and running it clean over - killing everybody in the process.

kalibra - studies have shown that handsfree devices actually don't improve safety at all. It seems to be a distraction issue while chatting on the phone period, not just holding it up to your ear. (But I totally hear where you are coming from!) People just assume they are better than that and they'll never cause a crash and hurt someone b/c they HAVE to make this one quick phone call.

Just one more reason I rarely listen to music on the bike, and will NEVER have a cell connection in my helmet!

[R6Blake101]

:crazy: