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LJM
of Winslow, ME
"Stupid is a stupid does" Forrest Gumpreport abuse
May 6, 2008 12:34 AM
Well thanks, Catmom, and kudos to your well done job in the parenting arena. "Just don't do it when I am around" is a fantastic mantra for parenting nowadays. Kudos.
"Stupid is a stupid does" Forrest Gumpreport abuse
Groggy
of Bath, ME
On the other hand, watching people trying to make left and right turns with only one hand while leaning their ears to the cell phone makes them pretty dangerous because it limits their physical ability to control the vehicle. Same goes for eating, drinking while trying to make turns, is just as dangerous.
So please people, who get distracted, please use common sense so I don't have to literally throw my 4 yr old (ever again), because you're making a one armed turn, speeding, and being distracted because you are using your electronic device.report abuse
May 5, 2008 10:55 PM
Whether or not to use a cell phone while driving, I won't say. I don't have a cell and don't intend to, not even for "emergency purposes". I've seen that one abused too many times.
On the other hand, watching people trying to make left and right turns with only one hand while leaning their ears to the cell phone makes them pretty dangerous because it limits their physical ability to control the vehicle. Same goes for eating, drinking while trying to make turns, is just as dangerous.
So please people, who get distracted, please use common sense so I don't have to literally throw my 4 yr old (ever again), because you're making a one armed turn, speeding, and being distracted because you are using your electronic device.report abuse
g shrub
of Auburn, ME
AUBURN - A dropped cell phone is to blame for a Friday night wreck in Auburn involving a teen driver who learned a valuable lesson in the blink of an eye.
Melissa B. Kelson, 17, of Turner, lost control of the 1994 Saturn she was driving Friday night and hit a stone wall and tree at the intersection of Turner Street and Pumping Station Road.
"I've always told everyone not to do that," Kelson said of reaching for her cell phone after it vibrated off the seat and onto the floor. "It's a huge distraction and it takes a lot of your attention." She said she was not talking on the phone while driving.
According to authorities, Kelson was driving in the 1200 block of Turner Road at about 10:40 p.m. when she reached down to pick up her cell phone, which had fallen to the floor. She lost control of the car, veered across the road and hit the wall and tree in the yard of a home owned by Sue Conant.
Kelson said that she is usually the friend telling other teen drivers not to mess with their phones when behind the wheel. She added that Friday was the first time she broke her routine of putting her cell phone in her purse while driving.
"It's not even so much teens," police Sgt. Gary Boulet said of the dangers of cell phone use while driving. "Just people - in general - talking on cell phones and not paying attention. They're so engaged in the conversation that they're not paying attention to anything around them."
Damage to the car - owned by her father, Brian Kelson - was estimated at $5,000. Melissa Kelson was not injured. Damages to Conant's stone wall were estimated at $1,500.
According to Boulet, teen drivers in Maine are prohibited from talking on their cell phones during the first six months that they have their driver's license.
"Leave the phone alone," Kelson said of her message to all drivers - teens and otherwise - distracted by cell phones. "If you really need to talk, then pull over and put it in park."report abuse
May 5, 2008 10:15 PM
yet another!!
AUBURN - A dropped cell phone is to blame for a Friday night wreck in Auburn involving a teen driver who learned a valuable lesson in the blink of an eye.
Melissa B. Kelson, 17, of Turner, lost control of the 1994 Saturn she was driving Friday night and hit a stone wall and tree at the intersection of Turner Street and Pumping Station Road.
"I've always told everyone not to do that," Kelson said of reaching for her cell phone after it vibrated off the seat and onto the floor. "It's a huge distraction and it takes a lot of your attention." She said she was not talking on the phone while driving.
According to authorities, Kelson was driving in the 1200 block of Turner Road at about 10:40 p.m. when she reached down to pick up her cell phone, which had fallen to the floor. She lost control of the car, veered across the road and hit the wall and tree in the yard of a home owned by Sue Conant.
Kelson said that she is usually the friend telling other teen drivers not to mess with their phones when behind the wheel. She added that Friday was the first time she broke her routine of putting her cell phone in her purse while driving.
"It's not even so much teens," police Sgt. Gary Boulet said of the dangers of cell phone use while driving. "Just people - in general - talking on cell phones and not paying attention. They're so engaged in the conversation that they're not paying attention to anything around them."
Damage to the car - owned by her father, Brian Kelson - was estimated at $5,000. Melissa Kelson was not injured. Damages to Conant's stone wall were estimated at $1,500.
According to Boulet, teen drivers in Maine are prohibited from talking on their cell phones during the first six months that they have their driver's license.
"Leave the phone alone," Kelson said of her message to all drivers - teens and otherwise - distracted by cell phones. "If you really need to talk, then pull over and put it in park."report abuse
yankee hater
of Brunswick, ME
May 5, 2008 10:14 PM
if you see a bad driver put them on a website like platewire.com some of you might be on there and don't know it.report abuseYou must be a registered user of MaineToday.com to post a comment. Register or log in.
