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#2469214 - 07/19/08 04:12 AM
California is smarter than Texas
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Registered: 08/24/05
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Loc: DFW
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While I was out in Cali a few weeks back, the hands free law took place (July 1). So people cannot be on the phone while driving, unless they are using a hands free device. And teens are not allowed on the phone period while driving.
I hate to say it, but I love that law. I have been back in Texas for 2 weeks and the number of dangerous or annoying situations that I have witnessed with people on the phone while driving is unreal. And here's the kicker, I work from home, so I commute way less than most of you. I know that NOT all drivers are inconsiderate, distracted, or dangerous while driving and talking on the phone, and yes, hands free devices are readily available. But seems that common sense is not in order for allot of these idiots on the phone.
Also, I don't want to start an uproar with the few woman TFFrs on here, but does it seem that most of these distracted drivers are women?
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#2469222 - 07/19/08 04:19 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: water_surge]
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Registered: 10/12/05
Posts: 3284
Loc: Trophy Club, Texas
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#2469228 - 07/19/08 04:22 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: PhilR]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 11/18/02
Posts: 4775
Loc: Deep East Texas
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Please go into your "edit" function and fix that "smarter than Texas" comment!
Do they have a Castle Doctrine Law? Don't worry ... It'll be here soon enough!
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#2469254 - 07/19/08 04:43 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: RayBob]
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Registered: 04/22/05
Posts: 1734
Loc: Lake Fork
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People in California also elect people like Pelosi and Feinstein to congress. I just don't think that shows a bunch of smarts.
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#2469260 - 07/19/08 04:50 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: RayBob]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 08/24/05
Posts: 3849
Loc: DFW
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Please go into your "edit" function and fix that "smarter than Texas" comment!
Do they have a Castle Doctrine Law? Don't worry ... It'll be here soon enough! It can't be here soon enough.
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#2469265 - 07/19/08 04:53 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: armadillo joe]
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Registered: 08/04/07
Posts: 1745
Loc: Lubbock
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People in California also elect people like Pelosi and Feinstein to congress. I just don't think that shows a bunch of smarts. They also lead the nation in per capita consumption of beer and wine and distilled spirits !!!! Nut
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#2469272 - 07/19/08 04:56 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: Grapenut]
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Registered: 08/24/05
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Loc: DFW
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People in California also elect people like Pelosi and Feinstein to congress. I just don't think that shows a bunch of smarts. They also lead the nation in per capita consumption of beer and wine and distilled spirits !!!! Nut My "brothers" consume most of that beer, and the people that employ them consume the wine.
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#2469421 - 07/19/08 06:50 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: water_surge]
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Registered: 07/29/05
Posts: 1073
Loc: Allen, TX
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California drivers are a lot more courteous on the road than Texas drivers. There are so many more people; they have to be. They do things like use their turn signal, allow people to merge into a lane, keep to the right if going slower than traffic etc. It makes things a lot less stressful. I agree that cellphone use while driving can be hazardous. I believe Highland Park and University Park have the same hands-free law.
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#2469425 - 07/19/08 06:55 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: DYOLLP]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 04/08/08
Posts: 4104
Loc: North Texas
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it should be law everywhere, i have been to several accidents where the person at fault was on the cell phone and not paying attention. Whats even worse are the texters.
I have pulled over many people under suspicion of DWI, only to find out they were on the phone or texting. Some were weaving so bad they went completely into oncoming lanes!!
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#2469572 - 07/19/08 08:27 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: LegendRick]
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Registered: 07/19/02
Posts: 1241
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Well,,, I think exactly the opposite,,, First off if you state that Californians are smarter than Texans, but you live in Texas, then you just confessed that you aren't smart enough to make that call. Since they are smarter , they should be the one to judge. Which is actually your second strike, the first being not croaking for your own pond. Strike three comes in the form of giving up. You see I am convinced that Texans are the smrter of the two and to lend evidentiary support to this all you need do is decide who should tell you when to talk or when not to talk. Should you be from California , and not smart enough to make the decision that in heavy traffic is not a good time to talk on a phone then the State should make the decision for you since you aren't samrt enough. However in you live in Texas and you know that if the phone rings while you are in bumper to bumoer trafffic, paulling a trailer in, a construction zone, you dan't have to immedialtey answer it since you have caller ID and voice mail, when you get to that stretch between Sonora and Del Rio there will be plenty of time to talk. I could even give you a fourth strike for establing the pattern that more Government intrusion equals higher intelligence, and since California wants to outlaw all types of firearms that is must be the "smart" thing to do. Strike five = Everything California does, we must do, because they are "smart". Just how big an old boy are you anyway!!! 
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#2469580 - 07/19/08 08:34 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: FishingPhysicist]
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Registered: 06/02/05
Posts: 7536
Loc: Wonderland
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When cell phones are outlawed, only outlaws will have cell phones.
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#2469584 - 07/19/08 08:36 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
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Registered: 11/01/06
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Loc: Bonham, TX
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#2469595 - 07/19/08 08:43 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: C T]
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Registered: 07/15/04
Posts: 6487
Loc: SAN ANTONIO
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illegals and mexico nationals are the ones that get me. was following a guy yesterday that had mexico plates. took him to years to turn, then drove down the middle of the road. i had to go into oncoming traffic to pass him! thats just one of many experiences that ive had behind someone with mexico plates.
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#2469615 - 07/19/08 08:50 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: Dexter Wilcox]
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Registered: 08/24/05
Posts: 3849
Loc: DFW
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Well,,, I think exactly the opposite,,, First off if you state that Californians are smarter than Texans, but you live in Texas, then you just confessed that you aren't smart enough to make that call. Since they are smarter , they should be the one to judge. Which is actually your second strike, the first being not croaking for your own pond. Strike three comes in the form of giving up. You see I am convinced that Texans are the smrter of the two and to lend evidentiary support to this all you need do is decide who should tell you when to talk or when not to talk. Should you be from California , and not smart enough to make the decision that in heavy traffic is not a good time to talk on a phone then the State should make the decision for you since you aren't samrt enough. However in you live in Texas and you know that if the phone rings while you are in bumper to bumoer trafffic, paulling a trailer in, a construction zone, you dan't have to immedialtey answer it since you have caller ID and voice mail, when you get to that stretch between Sonora and Del Rio there will be plenty of time to talk. I could even give you a fourth strike for establing the pattern that more Government intrusion equals higher intelligence, and since California wants to outlaw all types of firearms that is must be the "smart" thing to do. Strike five = Everything California does, we must do, because they are "smart". Just how big an old boy are you anyway!!!  I would like to think that I live in the smarter of the two states, but that's just not the case. And actually, I have lived in 4 states, and each one thinks they are the smarter than the rest. And like I said, I would love for common sense to rule the land instead of the guvmt, but that is nowhere near being the case here or anywhere else that I have been to. As far as how big a boy am I, lets just say you need to pack your lunch, cause its gonna take a while
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#2469695 - 07/19/08 09:33 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
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Registered: 07/14/06
Posts: 2377
Loc: North Texas
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Kalifornia smarter than Texas? In a pig's eye! I suppose that's one of the reasons that Kalifornians have been emigrating in droves the last 15 years. I think that would be the smart ones, how ever many there ever were. And if all the smart ones are jumping ship, that means Kalifornia's getting dumber by the minute. Any state that can't elect a governor any smarter than "Ahnold" (aka Blaster minus Master) has to have an average IQ in the mid-60s anyway. Kalifornia---land of the fruits and vegetables! 
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#2469789 - 07/19/08 10:28 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: DYOLLP]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 06/25/05
Posts: 13954
Loc: DFW/Mid-Cities
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California drivers are a lot more courteous on the road than Texas drivers. There are so many more people; they have to be. They do things like use their turn signal, allow people to merge into a lane, keep to the right if going slower than traffic etc. It makes things a lot less stressful. I agree that cellphone use while driving can be hazardous. I believe Highland Park and University Park have the same hands-free law. I lived in California over 20 years. I can count on my right hand and have fingers left over the number of times I saw the type of behavior you described. Are you sure you weren't just dreaming about California? No one uses their turn-signal to change lanes in California......not if you actually want to change lanes. If you use your signal to do that you are guaranteed to be cut-off.
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#2469792 - 07/19/08 10:30 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: Deputy Angler]
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Registered: 06/25/05
Posts: 13954
Loc: DFW/Mid-Cities
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it should be law everywhere, i have been to several accidents where the person at fault was on the cell phone and not paying attention. Whats even worse are the texters.
I have pulled over many people under suspicion of DWI, only to find out they were on the phone or texting. Some were weaving so bad they went completely into oncoming lanes!! Maybe it should be policed in that way......pull over the drivers that are weaving....driving too slow...obstructing traffic etc., etc. If someone is on the phone and driving properly...what' the problem?
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#2469799 - 07/19/08 10:33 AM
Re: California is smarter than Texas
[Re: dogsdad]
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Registered: 06/25/05
Posts: 13954
Loc: DFW/Mid-Cities
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Kalifornia smarter than Texas? In a pig's eye! I suppose that's one of the reasons that Kalifornians have been emigrating in droves the last 15 years. I think that would be the smart ones, how ever many there ever were. And if all the smart ones are jumping ship, that means Kalifornia's getting dumber by the minute. Any state that can't elect a governor any smarter than "Ahnold" (aka Blaster minus Master) has to have an average IQ in the mid-60s anyway. Kalifornia---land of the fruits and vegetables! Thank you....I take that as a compliment.
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