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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: 11B4V on May 16, 2012, 09:22:58 AM

Title: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: 11B4V on May 16, 2012, 09:22:58 AM
Dont know how to feel about this; :huh:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-15/texting-while-walking-illegal/54979480/1?csp=24&kjnd=C6EAHuAfPWtyRrNC9jV5ZCrADM5ztbjhyAvzFQTEchuAD8S4q%2FJH17fkvHXeWa7G-719330a5-3a08-4c11-b1bb-efa183a6f146_c%2FoRDl9jZ5qIlmijMfyzopoe%2BV8QBOnYdxMJI03fsMj7KUTlyoRPGGOvEd4mQjUu
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2012, 09:39:28 AM
QuoteResearch from Ohio State University showed cellphone use by pedestrians led to more than 1,000 emergency-room visits nationwide in 2008.

In March, a 45-year-old woman had to be rescued from Lake Michigan after she fell off a pier while texting and walking, police said.

"When people are talking on cellphones, texting or even listening to music, unfortunately, they're not as aware of what's going on around them," said Police Lt. Mark Farrall in Newark, Del.

lulz

It's for the public good, 11Bravo.
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: 11B4V on May 16, 2012, 09:44:36 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2012, 09:39:28 AM
QuoteResearch from Ohio State University showed cellphone use by pedestrians led to more than 1,000 emergency-room visits nationwide in 2008.

In March, a 45-year-old woman had to be rescued from Lake Michigan after she fell off a pier while texting and walking, police said.

"When people are talking on cellphones, texting or even listening to music, unfortunately, they're not as aware of what's going on around them," said Police Lt. Mark Farrall in Newark, Del.

lulz

It's for the public good, 11Bravo.

Thins the gene pool.
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2012, 09:48:53 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on May 16, 2012, 09:44:36 AM
Thins the gene pool.

See, that's the fucking problem: everybody's all about Darwin Awards and shit, but we've got to stop doing it on a delay fuse.  Start with preventing morons from procreating, not wait decades for their spawn to fuck themselves up.
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: Ed Anger on May 16, 2012, 11:41:10 AM
QuoteResearch from the Ohio State University

Corrected.
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: Tonitrus on May 16, 2012, 05:46:58 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 16, 2012, 11:41:10 AM
QuoteResearch from the Ohio State University

Corrected.

Lawyer wannabe.  :P
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on May 16, 2012, 06:40:57 PM
I'll bet the cops would love to be cruising around looking for people using their cell phone while walking. 
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: Habsburg on May 16, 2012, 07:24:11 PM
Timmah always posts the article in his threads.
You are making me open a link.  :(
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: 11B4V on May 16, 2012, 07:33:30 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on May 16, 2012, 06:40:57 PM
I'll bet the cops would love to be cruising around looking for people using their cell phone while walking.

It's called PC
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: sbr on May 16, 2012, 08:06:29 PM
This is a much needed law

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPpzj4PjNjU
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: 11B4V on May 16, 2012, 09:30:04 PM
The man is always trying to put a stop to good entertainment. :mad:
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: DontSayBanana on May 16, 2012, 10:25:17 PM
QuoteIn March, a 45-year-old woman had to be rescued from Lake Michigan after she fell off a pier while texting and walking, police said.

Never has tainting the gene pool been taken so literally.  Seriously, walking off a pier?
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: CountDeMoney on May 17, 2012, 01:06:30 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on May 16, 2012, 06:40:57 PM
I'll bet the cops would love to be cruising around looking for people using their cell phone while walking.

Depends on who is using it, and if it looks like they're holding or not.
Title: Re: My Timay news issue thread
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on May 17, 2012, 05:57:33 AM
True.