I was pleasantly surprised and upset by the following event today.
As we were sitting at a stop light, by the way why isn't called a go light, on our way to Lowes I noticed a motorcycle cop to my left. I was admiring his BMW, yes BMW police bike and the light turned green and we were off to the races. It's amazing how well SOME people behave when the red and blue are around. Anyways, he made a quick jaunt to the right and jumped behind a white Honda Civic. Immediately I knew it was either a teenage girl, teenage boy or an old lady by the type of the car. She pulled briskly off into the Arby's parking lot to the right, window down and...............(drumroll).............a cell phone in her posses ion! A shocker I know, a dumb ass breaking the law and nailed. It is against the law for a reason, it has shown to cause accidents and hurt to others. Nobody is that important that you have to drive and text/talk on the cellphone. I hope she enjoys her $184 ticket. I hope she isn't late somewhere now because I'm sure she will make up the speed by breaking that law too.
I'm at a loss at how to get through to people that it is a dangerous and selfish act and think about others, if you want to mangle or kill yourself, do it to yourself not my family.
Why don't we come up with a 800 line that you can call into when you see a violator, just as we do with litterers? That would be cool, one too many of the calls and you will get a little fine. I have chalked up my share of litterers and feel much better reporting.
1 comments:
Well I personally would LOVE an 800 line:) I catch people ALL the time. How hard is it even when talking on the cell to get a HEADSET? Of course, I would probably have a difficult time remembering the license plate number needed to actually make the call:)
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