Comments on: Texting and Driving http://tangerinetimes.com/2009/07/texting-and-driving/ The Sweet and Sour Life with Teens Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Mother http://tangerinetimes.com/2009/07/texting-and-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-4342 The Mother Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:38:00 +0000 http://tangerinetimes.com/?p=1405#comment-4342 I was in a forensics course when we were treated to the lovely death of a young woman who was decapitated while attempting to put on her eye makeup on the road. She rear ended a truck. We figured it out when she only had makeup on one eye. I think that's a lesson one only needs to see once in a lifetime. I was in a forensics course when we were treated to the lovely death of a young woman who was decapitated while attempting to put on her eye makeup on the road. She rear ended a truck. We figured it out when she only had makeup on one eye.

I think that’s a lesson one only needs to see once in a lifetime.

]]> By: mediaenthusiast http://tangerinetimes.com/2009/07/texting-and-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-4340 mediaenthusiast Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:13:59 +0000 http://tangerinetimes.com/?p=1405#comment-4340 I think most parents under-estimate their kids' abilities. For years, mine plugged a timer into the wall, and the tv into the timer, to keep us from watching it when they weren't home. (Seriously.) ps. I was not driving when I wrote that. I think most parents under-estimate their kids’ abilities. For years, mine plugged a timer into the wall, and the tv into the timer, to keep us from watching it when they weren’t home. (Seriously.)

ps. I was not driving when I wrote that.

]]> By: Melisa http://tangerinetimes.com/2009/07/texting-and-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-4333 Melisa Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:26:39 +0000 http://tangerinetimes.com/?p=1405#comment-4333 I always tell my son to pull over if he feels the need to mess w/ his phone... I always tell my son to pull over if he feels the need to mess w/ his phone…

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