If You Text While You Drive...

"Tom McParland" (tommcparland) 01/15/2014 at 09:41 • Filed to: dashcams, dashcam, orloved, asshats

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...you might get Orloved!

cazzyodo > Tom McParland 01/15/2014 at 09:48

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Gets back on phone.

Takes selfie with car in background.

Posts to Instagram.

#orloved #lol #totallywasnttexting #hashtag

MonkeePuzzle > cazzyodo 01/15/2014 at 09:52

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you forgot #yolo

Jayhawk Jake > Tom McParland 01/15/2014 at 09:54

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Everyone that pretends that they are capable of texting and driving needs to see this.

This is what it looks like when you do it. You aren't driving well, you are driving slowly, not straight, and dangerously.

It can wait 10 minutes. If somehow your text is so important that it needs to be sent right away, pull over, put your hazards on, and send the text.

cazzyodo > MonkeePuzzle 01/15/2014 at 09:59

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No I didn't...that died with the New Year for all I care.

I also don't have Twitter or Instagram so I kinda made it up as I went (out of ignorance).

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > Tom McParland 01/15/2014 at 10:03

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Okay... now my question is, who is the person behind her, and why were they following her?

PowderHound > Jeff-God-of-Biscuits 01/15/2014 at 10:23

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My guess is its a copper

Shift24 > Tom McParland 01/15/2014 at 10:28

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Good. no one was hurt and hopefully she learned her leason

Agrajag > Tom McParland 01/15/2014 at 10:31

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This ended more satisfyingly than I could have hoped.

liquid1036 > Tom McParland 01/15/2014 at 10:41

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Casper > Tom McParland 01/15/2014 at 10:49

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Is it a bad thing that this was all that popped into my head:

ttyymmnn > Tom McParland 01/15/2014 at 10:52

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A few years ago, I was driving from Austin to Abilene on US-183, an undivided four-lane highway with center turn lane. I was following a silver Pontiac that was all over the road. Into the center, wheels off the right side, weaving all over the place. I thought for sure he was drunk and, not wanting to pass him, I followed and hoped to flag down a trooper. After about thirty minutes of this he finally put both wheels off the right side (no shoulder), over corrected, and spun across all four lanes in front of oncoming traffic, and ended up in the ditch on the opposite side of the road. I stopped, as did others, and waited for the police to arrive. Turns out he wasn't drunk, just texting. And the best part: he was a 19-year-old auto dealership employee who was delivering the car to a customer.

CPT Speedbump > Tom McParland 01/15/2014 at 11:06

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So, 80 percent of the cops in my city might get Orloved then (y)

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > PowderHound 01/15/2014 at 11:19

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That was my thought originally as well, but there are no lights. You should still see the lights come on after the accident.

Hirsch > Tom McParland 01/15/2014 at 13:29

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Texting and driving is inherently dangerous.

But touchscreens and stuff like BMW's iDrive(or whatever its called) are ok?

aquila121 > liquid1036 01/15/2014 at 18:34

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I love that your head went here, sir.

"Nobody ever said anything important by typing with their thumbs!"