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One of our friends got pretty well bunged up the other day when she stopped at an intersection just down the street from our house and got rear-ended. I wasn't there so I can only repeat what I was told, which is that she was hit by a driver who was jabbering on a cellphone. My informant said the rear-ender was going about 30 and never even touched the brake, but don't take that as gospel.What I do consider gospel is that driving and talking on the phone are incompatible activities. This prejudice of mine gained a measure of credibility when I read the other day that recent research indicates that the typical person who drives and yaks at the same time is as much a highway menace as one who tests over the limit for blood alcohol.I am getting to the point where I can pretty well pick out, drivers who are in the midst of a cell phone conversation. They go slow, then speed up. They weave all over the road and make sudden turns without using their indicators. I have also developed a...
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