Egocentric because others are egocentric?

glumirk · Senior Member

Egocentric because others are egocentric?

nitasmile · Senior Member

I appreciate your post. Our county used to have this program where you could anonyomously report bad/dangerous drivers.

Last week someone was behing me in morning traffic- he was driving with no hands on the steering wheel! One hand was on his phone and the other holding his food, I quickly got in the other lane and let him go on before me, as I didn't want to get in an accident.

I do feel the pint of driving is for all of us to get home safely and help others to do so. I try to think of driving as a chance to be a good citizen. I do get frustrated and try to keep by playing hymns, etc as I drive. (not all the time just some of the time)

I do hate the drivers who don't realize their speeding/dangerous habits could result in loss of life/independence for others. That couple minutes speeding up could result in someone needing 24 care for rest of their life.

Poncho29 · Senior Bucketkeeper

Talking on a cell phone while driving should be illegal, and in some areas around us it is.
I get annoyed at people who speed and weave in and out of traffic and who don't believe in turn signals either. Speed limit signs are not posted for the fun of it!

Personally I don't see why a cell phone jammer is illegal. In some situations I think it would be appropriate. I can't tell you how many times I have stood trying to explain someone's prescription to them while they are talking on their cell phone. It is more than rude.
I actually had a lady at our drive-thru once get mad at me while she was yakking away to someone and snapped, "Hey! I'm talking here!" I felt like saying, "Fine, I'll go back to work. You let me know when you're finished! I'm not going to sit here and wait until you decide to hang up!"
And what I had to tell her was very important.

We used to have a sign up at the drive-thru asking people to turn off their cell phones while dropping off or picking up their scripts, until someone called corporate and complained and they made us take it down.

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

Cell phone jammers are illegal because you are interfering with the legal use of radio frequencies as regulated by the FCC. That being said though I can see some people's fustration. I turn my phone to vibrate in resturants and if I forget will not answer it unless I see it's a call from the babysitter or something where an emergency might be involved. I got on my wife's case a few weeks back about answering her phone in a resturant and how rude it was to people sitting around us. Some people will yack on the darn thing the entire meal! What is even more annoying is when you are talking to someone and their phone rings and they stop talking to you without a word and start talking on their phone when the proper thing to do would be to not answer it and if you had to answer it to ask to be excused and explain that you had to take this call, then step away for a moment (short) to get the info or to tell the person you would call them right back.

California recently passed a law making it illegal to talk on a cell phone in a vehicle without some sort of hands free device. Now we have blue tooth morons walking around with these things in their ears. I cannot tell you how many times I've walked up to someone and started talking only to realize that they were already having a conversation with themselves. I was talking to one guy not knowing he was on hold and right in the middle of our conversation he started talking like a crazy man. Only then did I realize he had one of those blue tooth deals in his ear. Argh!!!!!!!!!!

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

I dont have a cell phone. For me when someone drives with a cellphone and I can see that they're being sloppy because of it, it makes me angry. It's similar (to a lesser degree) to the feeling I get when someone drinks alcohol (another thing I don't do) and drives.

I only have sympathy for people who do bad things I do. :)

--Ray