SuperShuttle Complaint - Dangerous Drive - Ride from airport to hotel

Posted by justthefaxx on 2009-08-28:

Is it illegal? It is in Chicago. (Illinois)

Posted by Alain on 2009-08-28:

I don't want anyone texting and driving while I'm in the vehicle. Undistracted drivers are bad enough.

Posted by Mrs. V on 2009-08-28:

09/24/08 - Gov. Schwarzenegger signed legislation that bans text messaging while driving. Went into effect 01/01/09.

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-28:

Mrs. V is right. Texting while driving is illegal in California. They forgot to tack on the texting portion onto the original law which mandated that hands free devices had to be used if you are using a cell phone while driving. Our tax dollars at work. >:-X

Posted by jktshff1 on 2009-08-28:

Texting while driving is STUPID.

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-28:

Well Jkt, I couldnt agree with you more... and there are a LOT of stupid people in California!

Posted by madconsumer on 2009-08-28:

oh my!! i cannot think the lady told you that.

a simple search on youtube will give all the evidence needed to show that texting while driving is dangerous. the best one was a bus driver who was texting and caused a crash.

Posted by jktshff1 on 2009-08-28:

for once it's not just Kalifornia, it's all over.

Posted by madconsumer on 2009-08-28:

after all california is full fo fruits and nuts. except for one dude who is the exception!! his name is one of those events that happens once a year!!

Posted by C2O on 2009-08-28:

Christmas?
Birthday?

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-28:

Must mean Cesar Chavez day.

Posted by madconsumer on 2009-08-28:

lol c2o, uh huh ....

Posted by C2O on 2009-08-28:

My 3rd guess was intercourse at old fart's house.

Posted by littleyaya on 2009-08-28:

On You Tube, there's a PSA about the dangers of texting and driving. A teen girl is texting her friend, and crashes head on with another car and it starts a chain reaction of crashes. Everyone dies except for that teen and a toddler in another car. It's pretty gruesome, they show an infant laying dead in the car seat.

Posted by madconsumer on 2009-08-28:

yaya a local news site made that 'clip of the day'. other than being in the uk, it can be anyone at any time. it is not only the texter that suffers.

Posted by littleyaya on 2009-08-28:

I watched the whole thing and let me tell you, I will NEVER text while driving. I only text at red lights, but I won't be doing that anymore

Posted by madconsumer on 2009-08-28:

sure is a realistic video. if i did not know it was staged, i would think it was real. very well done.

Posted by Wally86 on 2009-08-28:

I have a blue tooth headset, so I never answer my phone or text while driving.

Posted by madconsumer on 2009-08-28:

i posted the video.

Posted by jktshff1 on 2009-08-28:

Got a parrot in my car, goes thru the radio speakers. Hands free, just answer and talk.

Posted by Soaring Consumer on 2009-08-28:

You should file a police report. That driver should be charged with reckless driving and public endangerment.

Posted by clutzycook on 2009-08-28:

faxx, it's illegal to text in Chicago? I knew hands free sets were required but I didn't know that they had added texting too. Not that it isn't a bad idea :).

Posted by madconsumer on 2009-08-28:

unless there was a crash, a police report wont do diddly.

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-28:

Soaring, C'mon now, think about it. The police wont take a report. At this point it is the drivers word against the passengers.

Posted by Soaring Consumer on 2009-08-28:

I said the driver should be charged not will be charged. They would still accept the report and investigate accordingly. The more reports they get about this type of incident the more likely they will act on this.

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-29:

A counter report may be taken by the California Highway Patrol (not the police) and they will stick in a drawer. If the OP thought their life was in danger the time to contact the CHP is while they are in the vehicle by calling 911 on their cell phone or reported to officials when they arrived at their destination.

Posted by MissMarple on 2009-08-29:

BA, John.

Posted by PepperElf on 2009-08-29:

No no no it's not CHP
It's CHiPs!

=)

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-29:

LOL Great Pepper. Now I have the theme song to that show stuck in my head. >:-) haaaahahaha

Posted by C2O on 2009-08-29:

6 foot 5 and one heck of a man
Held all the answers in the palm of his hand
Big Joooooohn
Big Joooooohn
Big Assed John

lol

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-29:

Well, I am big assed (and hard enough to bounce a quarter on it) but I am not 6 foot 5. haaaaaahahaha >:-)

Posted by MissMarple on 2009-08-29:

LMAO! BA = Best Answer. Oh wait..not if we are playing by your rules, right C2O?

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-29:

I was thinking the same thing Ms. M. I am choosing not to play by C2O's rules on that particular response.

Posted by C2O on 2009-08-29:

I started to open with.... eleven solid inches.... lol
That kind of threw me off track on what was in the palm of your hand though.

I wanted to play by your rules MM, I just had a minor misunderstanding. :)

Posted by PepperElf on 2009-08-29:

oo i don't remember the theme song
but i'll balance it out and go watch it on youtube


o god... I'm sorry! That's like a bad disco nightmare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz7hHeoGkuA

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-29:

LOL Pepper! See!!

Posted by MissMarple on 2009-08-29:

If you wanted to play by MY rules, C2O, you would [expletive deleted] to [body part deleted].

Posted by PepperElf on 2009-08-29:

but... larry had top billing?
hell no one even remembers his name. it's all about erik estrada

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-29:

Yah but we know Erik's name because he is selling acreage to some unknown resort that hasnt been built yet. Oh, and he was on a mexican soap opera afterwards too. LOL

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-29:

Here is C2O's theme song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRX4mlFi06A&feature=related

Posted by PepperElf on 2009-08-29:

oh i thought it was because of this picture

http://www.ifanboy.com/images/ifanboy/erik_estrada.jpg

Posted by C2O on 2009-08-29:

I'm liking your rules MM!

LOL John! God Bless 'Ol Waylon!

Posted by PepperElf on 2009-08-29:

clicky. oo i like that one.

Posted by madconsumer on 2009-08-29:

if the poster files a poice report, and they investigate, and decide nothing happened, they will charge the poster with filing a false report.

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-29:

LOL Pepper. I guess at one time it could have been because of the picture.

Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2009-08-29:

Law enforcement doesn't have time to chase texters based on report filed at the counter. They will not spend the money or man hours to pull cell phone records, take additional statements, blah blah. They will stick the report in a drawer and nothing will happen.

Posted by Sarah89 on 2011-07-27:

We must have had the same driver. Same thing happened to me.