This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

[generator12]

...Which is one of the main arteries into Chicago, I saw something that made me blink a few times. It was morning rush hour. The woman in the suv in the lane to my right was:

1. Holding a cellphone jammed between her left ear and her left shoulder.
2. Holding a pen in her right hand.
3. Holding a pad in her left hand.
4. Guiding the steering wheel with her left wrist.
5. Taking notes of some kind while she drove.

IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT 70 MILES PER HOUR...!

No wonder they make me wear my seat belt!

 

[JB]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

EEEEK!!

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

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She should have been steering with her knee.

 

[rbh]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

...Which is one of the main arteries into Chicago, I saw something that made me blink a few times. It was morning rush hour. The woman in the suv in the lane to my right was:

1. Holding a cellphone jammed between her left ear and her left shoulder.
2. Holding a pen in her right hand.
3. Holding a pad in her left hand.
4. Guiding the steering wheel with her left wrist.
5. Taking notes of some kind while she drove.

IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT 70 MILES PER HOUR...!

No wonder they make me wear my seat belt!

And that is why we have a law in place now that forbids texting or using a cell phone while driving unless you have a hands free device. (blue tooth)

 

[gonefishie]

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Probably a sales rep, they're constantly on the phone.

 

[JRJ]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

Otherwise known as "on the gas"

 

[huntndakota]

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To her it was okay she was just multi-tasking.

 

[DECK SWABBER 58]

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That's exactly why I'm glad I left my home town of Chicago 34 yrs. ago and moved to the "country".

I presume you take the tollway (I-294) to the Edens. Remember before I-Pass when all that bumper to bumper traffic going 75 mph had to come to screeching halt at every toll booth?

 

[642mx]

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That's pure talent!

 

[mscher]

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Playing Devil's advocate, many companies now simply assume, that their employees just work 24/7/365.

Whether they are sound asleep at home, in the middle of church, at a child's play, or flying in freeway traffic, if they need you to do something - they need you to do it NOW! Whe I was an IT slave, I was constantly on "emergency" conference calls, no matter where the location.

Sure they could pull over to the side of the road, but that is dangerous also and that would put them a little later for work.

They don't call it a rat race for nothing.

 

[mscher]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

That's exactly why I'm glad I left my home town of Chicago 34 yrs. ago and moved to the "country".

I presume you take the tollway (I-294) to the Edens. Remember before I-Pass when all that bumper to bumper traffic going 75 mph had to come to screeching halt at every toll booth?

It still stunk even with i-pass, until IL installed "open road tolling", where you don't even slow down. Night and day difference. Wonderful.

Any toll road that accepts some type of "pass" and does not utilize open road readers, is just plain criminal, IMO, for creating unnessary congestion and wasting resources..

 

[avenger79]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

the real question here is did she have a coffee and bagel in her lap or was she a newbie and using the cupholder? LOL

 

[LadyFish]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

I really only have one thing to say people.....

SHUT UP and DRIVE !!!!!!​

rant off ​

 

[aspeck]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

I really only have one thing to say people.....

SHUT UP and DRIVE !!!!!!​

rant off ​

Tell us how you really feel???

 

[Limited-Time]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

I really only have one thing to say people.....

SHUT UP and DRIVE !!!!!!​

rant off ​

I thought that was Hang up and Drive !!!!!! But then again I'm not Blonde............

 

[PGFISHER]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

Some studies say that bluetooth is just as bad . The truth is that anything that distracts you from driving is a distraction. Talking on the phone, texting, smoking, eating, fighting with the kids or wife/husband, reading a map or GPS, all take your'e mind off driving and traffic.

 

[LadyFish]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

Some studies say that bluetooth is just as bad . The truth is that anything that distracts you from driving is a distraction. Talking on the phone, texting, smoking, eating, fighting with the kids or wife/husband, reading a map or GPS, all take your'e mind off driving and traffic.

You are spot on!

LT and Art, I will deal with you later.

 

[DECK SWABBER 58]

Re: This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

LT and Art, I will deal with you later.

Uh Oh, she's getting in her car.

 

[bassman284]

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Technology, baby. It's the coming thing.

 

[roncoop75]

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What a horrible company she must work for.

I used to do field service work for my current employer. If anybody of any authority called you on the phone the first question was usually:

"You're not driving right now are you?" If you were, you pulled over and THEN talked. You get caught on the phone while driving and you're not in the act of pulling over, your a hairs breath away from loosing your job.

Some companies really do give more than lip service to safety...