Thread: BRB LO...The last five letters.

I'd like to think that we'd all agree that texting while driving is just about as dangerous as working under the deck of a riding lawn mower wearing a neck tie and a welding mask, but for curiousities sake. How many of you admit to doing it? It seems I can count on imagining putting my 7000 pounds of steel through at least 5 cars per day, as I witness them texting from the drivers seat. And I only drive about 13 miles per day total. Any thoughts?

I have never "texted" while driving (when did text become a verb?) I don't see it very frequently either, but I don't really look for it, I pay more attention to the motions of the entire cars around me than the drivers of them. And when I am sitting at red lights I tend to look everywhere but at the road. Maybe during those moments I am inwardly wishing I was outside instead of inside the car?

Being anywhere near a roadway is dangerous enough, and life is too fragile to engage in such distracting activities while driving. Maybe survival of the fittest will weed out the worst offenders. Is driving under the influence any worse?

I am texting you right now...

I don't text and drive, in fact, I have no idea what the title of this thread refers to in texting lingo, but then again, I am old and no one hipped me to that.

I have tried. But that was over 7 years ago. [That's the statute of limitations right?]

Why not just call? Very few times that texting is better. As an aside I like the changes in language. Texting is a verb. If you don't like change speak Latin.

Tonight I wish that my wife would have texted me. I was in my deer stand at prime time and my wife called! I looked to see who called and hit the wrong damn button. I put her on speaker phone. SH#T everything within 1/4 mile heard her ask me," Are you hunting honey?"

Sometimes texting is better! LOL

tim

When I was working in Chicago a guy texting in a Lexus ran over a mother and her two children out for a day at the Lincoln Park zoo. I wouldn't even THINK of texting while driving.

Yeah,

It's pretty much compulsory here. Best to do it whilst your children jump around on the back seat or perch on the dash of your landcruiser, whilst you pass a line of traffic by driving on the hard shoulder.

Originally Posted by 32t

I like the changes in language.

Heheh, well I guess I do too; it just takes me awhile to get used to it. In the meantime I like to make fun of the progressive linguists until/unless they can successfully mainstream their changes, and then I silently jump on and pretend it never bothered me to begin with. That way I can make more befriends who will friend me while texting on theirspace brb lo jibberjabber

My phone doesn't even have those capabilities. It's one of those 3 pound long things with the big antennae on the end. My phone co wanted to pay me to replace it.

I always thought texting was a man thing...'meet me at the Queen Vic at 9 for a pint or two, we'll head to the Racehorse after'. Job done. A phone call is what my wife would make for the same arrangement but it would take 40 minutes of talking to the person she'll see later. If I rang I'd have nothing left to say to my mate. I use texts to keep it short and sweet. No mess, no fuss, just pure impact. Saying that, the roads here are crazy, I wouldn't dream of texting while driving. I won't talk on the phone while driving either, it's just not worth the risk. It only takes a split second for disaster to strike with the amount of traffic in England!