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Bus driver texting while driving

foggy_lad · 2009-07-29 18:48:40

i was on a regular bus service from carlow to dublin recently and as the bus pulled out of the bus park in carlow the driver was writing text messages and sending them and reading the replies! he was doing all this while negotiating traffic through the town then out past deerpark and the business parks only stopping his…

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#32 02-08-2009 10:57am

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meanmachine3 wrote: »

thanks for clarifying that foggy

i have also seen a bus eireann driver texting while driving but on that occasion it was in slow moving traffic

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#33 02-08-2009 11:02am

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Sharik wrote: »

For people with low or average motor skills it is hard to imagine what other people are capable of. The fact that a driver is texting while driving means nothing to me by itself.
Having exceptional motor skills and reaction, I see traffic in slow-motion and adjust my driving in order not to scare others and to avoid fines. However, personally I could be driving some 50% to 150% faster in many situations and could be texting, playing a video game etc at the same time.

You must be one of the best drivers in Ireland.
Exceptional motor skills eh? Better then average driver?

But then doesn't everyone think they are a great driver......

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