Texting and Talking Tow Truck Driver Crashes Into Pool

Cell Phones? As In plural? What a douche. He should loose his license.

Chad said 12:03PM on 7-31-2009
ROFLMAOPIMP.......His license? He should be incarcerated for a VERY long time! He's lucky he didn't kill someone including himself. There should be a DUIS (Driving Under the Influence of Stupidity) charge. This would have been dangerous for someone in a car let alone someone towing not one but TWO cars!
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Yeah, but how do you measure stupidity? Can't put it in a breathalyser. Same with these texting-while-ddriving laws. Sure, texting's a stupid thing to do behind the wheel, but how do you actually catch one doing it before a crash? ("No, officer, I wasn't holding my cell phone, I just though my purse was starting to slide and shoved it back." or "I wasn't checking messages on my cel, I was checking the directions on my navigator.")

what an IDIOT! some poople cant get it throuh their thick skulls.stay off your cell phones while you drive,cuz it only takes one second to cause a serious accident.

The damn idiot could have killed someone he should be in jail. Too many people are on their phones texting what is wrong with these people. If he did that to my pool in my yard i wouild kill him immediately.

This is perhaps the worst faked photo I have ever seen. The people and the side of the pool cast a shadow, but A CAR does not?! Shame on whoever is trying to pass this off as real news.

How would "Red" say it.... "dumba$$"

Give the poor guy a break! He was going to have all the vehicles washed before heading back to the shop.....

Actually, it's simple. currently, prior to even trying to decide who actually was in the wrong, the first thing police do is check your license. If it isn't valid, you are guilty. I propose that the following become the second item checked: make it standard procedure to check the cell phone record of anyone involved in an accident--not the conversation itself but rather the existence of a call being conducted at the time of the accident. I you are on the phone when it happened--it's your fault!! Yes, you can talk while driving safely. I can also eat a hamburger, drink a soda, and look at scenery. But I don't do any of those things while struggling to drive during a blizzard.
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Like I said, how do you catch one doing it BEFORE THE CRASH? (i.e. when the cop doesn't know whose cel it moght be and therefore can't check if it's active. And I don't know where you are, but here in Wisconsin it's been illegal to consume ANYTHING while operating a motor vehicle since long before these seatbelt and cel laws started getting everyone's attention. Maybe you can drive safely whith a cel or coffee in one hand while driving in an oridinary manner on a familiar route, but you have no time margin to get both hands on the wheel if something extraordinary happens. And the difference between yapping on a cel phone and talking to a the person next to you or on a CB is that the person on the other end of a cel connection isn't thinking about how much attention you might have to pay to the road, because they're not looking at a road themselves to remind them that there's times when you can'ta nser right away.

IF ANYONE CAUSES AN ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVES ME AND IT'S BECAUSE OF TEXTING, OR USING A CELL PHONE , THE REAL THREAT ON THE ROAD WILL BE ME ! I WILL MAKE THAT PERSONS LIFE A LIVING HELL. I DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE OR WANT ONE , DRIVING USED TO BE A PLEASURE BEFORE WE HAD TO LOOK OUT FOR ALL THE MO MO'S WITH THEIR EARS GLUED TO THOSE THINGS. THEY CAN'T EVEN USE THE DIRECTIONALS BECAUSE THEIR HANDS ARE OCCUPIED! IDIOTS !

Everytime I read about a story like this or see a story on the news about this stupidity, I selfishly think, what a shame the fool wasn't killed. This way, they won't be out on the street and take the life of some innocent driver or pedestrian. Heaven knows we all know of instances where this has happened. A number of so-called driving professionals have been caught doing this--driving commuter rail (killing 25), public buses, etc. It's just like the excuses used for decades when it came to drunk drivers--oh, but for the grace of God go I. Of course, we're still not there for DUI; I just saw a story about a man who had been busted for his 17th DUI. At a certain point, we all must be protected from these people and a lifetime behind bars is the only way.

Texting while driving is done by IDIOTS!
What's YOUR life worth?
Or - the life of another human being?
The police -- if they can catch the idiot text person,
should be to give out a VERY, VERY hefty ticket.
Actually, a driver's license suspension
should be part of the punishment, along
with the very costly ticket and automatic traffic
school. NOT the on-line traffic school.