Three times in my 2 years of drving have I seen and nearly been killed by some female driving with a cell phone pressed to her ear. Allow me to relate:
1. Coming home from work in the late afternoon, I see a red minivan approaching an intersection. This particular intersection is only a two way stop, with the stop sign on her road. Seeing as I figure the van will stop, I don't slow to pass the intersection. Crazy female on a cell phone blows the sign and misses the front of my car by no more than 2 inches. Doesn't even slow or change direction.
2. Early afternoon, Loop 820 heading toward I-30. Cruising with traffic, music playing, sunroof open, the perfect driving weather. Stuck in the center lane with cars all around me. Blue GMC Yukon, woman driver with a cell phone and a male passenger begin to merge into my lane. Problem is, she's merging into me, and I've got no where to go! I honk the horn and try to move over, but I'm blocked by a red Honda CR-X. The Yukon gets within 2 feet of my car when her passenger spares me by jerking her wheel back to the left.
3. This one actually involved an accident with my brother. Early afternoon, driving to the store. He's driving his old Honda Accord. We're waiting at an onramp to get on Hwy 199, and traffic is speedy. Another female, on the phone, slams into my brother's car at about 15 MPH, jarring us enough to where we were PUSHED onto the highway into traffic. Luckily, the light had just changed, and traffic had stopped.
Cell phones are deadly when you're driving. Even if you're using those fancy headsets, you're still dangerous...
