>>>>>>>>First, I'm glad the read that your son wasn't hurt.
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>>>>>>>>Second, this is a perfect exemple of why I'm for gun control. No gun in the car, no shooting at your son (sorry, couldn't resist) :]
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>>>>>>>Screw gun control.... how about cell-phone in the drivers ear control !!!!
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>>>>>>The city of Chicago proper has already done that. I hope it spreads. 9 times out of 10 when you see someone do something stupid on the road, they're talking on a cell phone. Phone in the right hand, coffee in the left, steering with their knees....
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>>>>>Cigarette in their mouth.
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>>>>Setting the phone down for a second to backhand a kid in the back seat.
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>>>Texting
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>>Amazingly enough, I have seen this. And not just sitting at a light, either, but while driving.
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>There have been several fatal crashes over here where analysis of phones have shown the driver was texting shortly before the accident.

There was a fatal train crash in Southern California recently where it turned out the motorman was texting at the time. He missed a sign and was going way too fast.