Just wanted to touch on one more facet regarding driving on public roads. You know, I made the analogy with the circular saw, but that really only accounts for the safety of the user. The biggest reason I make such a fuss about distracted driving is because of all the other people you endanger while out on the road.
Using the same analogy, if you want to run your circular saw without any protection, while chatting with your buddy about internet cats, be my guest. I feel like I've done my duty if I simply warn you that it's not the best idea. However, if you want to walk through a park swinging your running saw by it's cord, well then you and I officially have problems.
If you're driving distracted, unfortunately you're not just risking your own life. You are putting your passengers and all other drivers you encounter at risk. That's the part that pisses me off.
Best case scenario, you're going to cause property damage. (But that's what insurance is for, right? Fuck that. That's an entirely different post, or series of posts, about (dis)placing responsibility.) Worst case, you're going to kill one or more people in my family. That is why I take such offense to drivers who are paying very little attention to driving.
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