Get off the phone and drive!

Anyone else notice the increase of children-filled SUV accidents? Everytime I read the news story I ask, was she on the phone? Well, was she? Reports hardly ever address the question... recently an SUV ran into a tree on a residential street. No dog running across the street was reported, the mother just claimed she "lost control" of her SUV and her children ended up being terribly burned. And rescue workers were burned trying to save her kids. Hurray for heroes, but question still remains, how did mom lose control on a residential street with no oncoming traffic or any reason for her to do so? Was she on her phone??

Mother, Two-Year-Old Daughter, Three Nieces Among 8 Dead in Wrong Way Crash

Police are looking into how a woman who drove nearly two miles into oncoming traffic before plowing into an SUV head on in a fatal crash that took her life and seven others somehow became disoriented behind the wheel.

from this article: Taconic Crash: What Was Wrong With Wrong-Way Driver?

Fast forward to today. I am reading another news story this morning about a woman who drove head first down wrong way and crashed in her SUV filled with kids, killing not only herself and kids, but other passengers in other cars! So I ask myself again, was she on the phone? The answer in this case, could be yes, for this article actually mentions she called her brother while driving and he asked her to pull over because she said she was having problems seeing.

What was wrong with the driver? Lack of sense? She should have pulled over, instead, she caused fatal accident killing more than just her family.

On the drive, Schuler called her brother to tell him she wasn't feeling well. He asked her to pull over immediately. Schuler did not pull over, but her brother was worried enough to call the police.

So, here is a mom, who is having problems seeing, and instead of pulling over, what does she do? Gets on her cellphone and keeps driving. This horrible accident could have been avoided if mom chose to pull over and figure out what was wrong with her sight, instead of continuing to endanger the lives of her children and others while driving on cellphone.

And it's not like she made a quick mistake and turned onto wrong ay street. She did so for miles, and cars were swerving not to hit her as she sped in the fast line into oncoming traffic. Cops said cars were swerving not to hit her and she just kept going. Why?? Suicide?

"She was having some problems seeing," Lt. Dominick Chiumento of the New York State Police told "Good Morning America."

Two hours after the call to her brother, police believe Schuler turned onto the parkway, heading down an exit ramp with signs clearly stating that she was heading the wrong way.

She drove in the fast lane, straight into traffic. Oncoming cars swerved to miss her.

She kept driving for 2 hours after she called her brother!

One of the drivers in her path, Richard Rowe, managed to avoid a crash with Schuler who he said seemed "in total control."

"I don't understand. She was in total control of the car," Rowe said. "Maybe initially she was confused, but she had lots of time to correct her mistake. If we had been 30 seconds later, we would have been hit by her."

While driving while on phone may not be the case here, she was certainly using cellphone at some point while driving, as reports indicate from her brother.

The answer to my question, "was she on the phone?" is usually answered with a "yes" if you dig into the facts.

Hopefully cellphone use in vehicles will be banned soon, I really am tired of seeing people on the phone while driving. I have never, not a single time, ever driven while on phone. Most of the time I leave my cellphone at home, and am known for not carrying one, so I am allowed to speak this truth.

Three men from Yonkers, N.Y., could not avoid Schuler. All three were killed in the head-on collision.

Schuler's autopsy ruled out a heart attack or aneurysm, and police do not believe she was under the influence or suicidal.

Hang up and drive idiots!

Arnold Schwarzenegger Bans Texting While Driving

If you are like me, you are tired of seeing people buzz by you texting or talking on cellphone while driving, seemingly oblivious to the world around them and not watching the road they are driving on!!!

It takes a real winner like Arnold Schwarzenegger to take this problem head on, and despite upsetting many in the public, he has signed a law making it illegal to ban cell phone text messaging while driving, and rightfully so.



Every time I see an SUV mom driving past me texting, I can imagine the conversation... "LOLZ... pizza.... makeup... OMG she said what??" As you can see this stuff cannot wait until she gets home.

There are reports of how people who are texting and talking on the cell phone are just as distracted as a person driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs! Not to mention the recent Metrolink train crash that has been rumored to have happened because of text messaging, this needs to stop and to those who are putting on make up, discussing what type of pizza they want for dinner, or just "lolzing" their way speeding down the highway, you need to pull over off the road to conduct your impulsive communications, or simply wait until you get out from behind the wheel. Don't like it? Tough, you've had your fun, too many accidents are caused by people text messaging or yapping on their cellphone for someone to not step up and make it illegal.

So let's congratulate the Terminator on this wise decision and for protecting those of us who while driving keep our eyes on the road and not our Blackberry.