The Damn Cellphone!!

For the record I will admit to using a cellphone frequently for work purposes and I will admit to abusing the work cell for personal reasons as well, but, I have come to the revelation that just because I am responsible enough to know the difference between a good and bad time to use it doesn't mean that everyone else does. Like when driving!

Now I wasn't in support of banning cellphones behind the wheel before, but after missing several major accidents daily, and just missing pushing up the daisies by the skin of my teeth, involving drivers who are so busy dialing their phones that they don't want to be inconvenienced by things like paying attention to the frickin road, I've reevaluated by territory a little bit, and decided it isn't such a bad idea.

In fact I will go as far as to say that they might reduce road rage doing so, because if anything pisses me off more behind the wheel it's being delayed or nearly demolished by some mental midgets with their cellphones!
Now all humor aside, some of you might think to yourself that it's just an annoying inconvenience, but let me tell you that people have been killed on the road because drivers were too busy picking up their phones to make or answer a call or just chatting to notice the car stopped in front of them, or the red light, or the people crossing, and let me tell you it infuriates me not only as a driver but for the fact that this cell phone BS almost cost me my life.

Last year I walked away from a car wreck that I should have never survived. It must not have been my time, or the big guy upstairs must have been busy, because I have no clue how I did walk away. I had stopped at a red light and looked down to pick up my coffee cup only to look back and see a Ford Expedition speeding at least 50 mph towards me through my rear view mirror. He hit never hit his breaks.

Now you all know those moments in movies where things are in slow motion.? Well that's not the case in this story, because I couldn't even brace for the impact. It was more like: Oooh Coffee, HOLY CRAP, BAAMMM!!

My car was knocked into oncoming traffic where I went into the side of another vehicle and eventually came to a stop. I don't remember how many cars hit me but apparently there were enough to make for a bitchin' month. My car looked like an accordion and I walked away with nothing more than a strained wrist, a few bruised ribs and some cuts, and a sore month. What I had later learned caused the accident was that the driver behind me had dropped his cell phone and instead of paying attention to the traffic in front of him he leaned over into the passenger side of his SUV to pick up his phone. He never seen me and I repeat never hit his breaks.

So needless to say people, can't these conversations wait a few minutes. If not for your fellow people sharing the road, do it for the bees.