That woman would have made it home with no problem. People like that CAUSE the accident to the side or behind them but are not involved in the accident. They don't see that what they are doing is just plain STUPID and dangerous! Unless she runs over someone, she will never learn the lesson.
Like most women, I will sometimes check/apply lipstick when sitting STILL at a RED light. But nothing else! I talk on my SPEAKER phone (used to use a headset but found myself playing with it too much), while my hands are on the wheel. If the conversation is distracting, important, need to write something down, etc, I pull into a parking lot and deal with it. I set my GPS (in the phone) to audible instructions then turn the phone face down so I am not tempted to look at the screen. Works great. If I have my itouch playing through the speakers in my car, I do the same, turned face down so I can listen to anything on the unit, including movies (love the dialogue/music and don't NEED the images). If driving any real distance, I will plug my audio book in and listen through the speakers before I pull out on the road. Since there is no changing media (CD's/cassettes) because they are on my tiny MP3 player they have very little distraction when playing. In fact, they keep me more alert and focused on driving (don't get the head bobbing, blurring of vision from boredom).
Think it is getting more difficult to drive these days. More nail ladies, more angry people, more distracted men doing business on the phone and using the car as an office, etc.
As to my cat FIDGET, I had her for three years without a hint of a problem. Happy, playful, loving, funny, sweet, energetic, acrobatic, well-behaved, then it was like a time bomb went off. From that time on, she would cyle between being normal and mental. At first more normal than mental, but eventually, more mental than normal. The vet confirmed what was going on.
If you walked into the room during her "normal" periods, you would not, could not tell she had any problems. You would have LOVED her. Absolutely georgeous and friendly! If you walked into the room during her "mental" periods, you could definitely tell there was something wrong with this cat. The facial expression, the eyes were so turned inward, scared. Not like a feral cat that is scared and runs from your approach. This was like she wasn't seeing what was in front of her. Like she saw her own demons. So sad.
