Carmelo Anthony busted for DUI

[SweetD]

Sad thing is he will get off and he will not have to do anything more than his regular community services for the team... such bs!

 

[nowagimp]

Sad thing is he will get off and he will not have to do anything more than his regular community services for the team... such bs!

until he kills someone, then he will get suspended by the NBA.

 

[elindholm]

I gather that none of you on your high horses has ever used a cell phone while driving, right?

 

[mojorizen7]

I gather that none of you on your high horses has ever used a cell phone while driving, right?

You aren't comparing yapping on your cell phone to drunk driving are you?

 

[Cheesewater]

You aren't comparing yapping on your cell phone to drunk driving are you?

I thought he was talking about using your cell phone while driving right.
I was going to reply that I usually go left, depending on the screen and the help defense.

Even for that, I use a headset.

 

[elindholm]

You aren't comparing yapping on your cell phone to drunk driving are you?

Studies show that it's a comparable level of distraction. That's why many states are moving to outlawing cell phones while driving. Most likely, within ten years, we'll all be amazed that we let this crime go on for as long as we did.

Of course I'm not condoning either (and I avoid both). I just think that it's a bit hypocritical for people to get sanctimonious about DUI like it's the worst crime in all of humanity, when they are most likely guilty of doing things that are just as bad themselves.

 

[Cheesewater]

Studies show that it's a comparable level of distraction. That's why many states are moving to outlawing cell phones while driving. Most likely, within ten years, we'll all be amazed that we let this crime go on for as long as we did.

Of course I'm not condoning either (and I avoid both). I just think that it's a bit hypocritical for people to get sanctimonious about DUI like it's the worst crime in all of humanity, when they are most likely guilty of doing things that are just as bad themselves.

Distracting and impairing are two different things though, don't you think?

 

[mojorizen7]

I thought he was talking about using your cell phone while driving right.
I was going to reply that I usually go left, depending on the screen and the help defense.

Even for that, I use a headset.

Nice
While both are potentially disastrous, you take 100 cell phone talkers/texters vs 100 drunk drivers and take a wild guess which group of drivers are going to find more trouble.

 

[elindholm]

Distracting and impairing are two different things though, don't you think?

Uh, no. The issue is how well you process information and how quickly you react to it. The label doesn't make any difference.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

Except for the glaring fact that you cant hang up the drunk when you need to focus.

 

[Cheesewater]

Uh, no. The issue is how well you process information and how quickly you react to it. The label doesn't make any difference.

Hm. Okay, well, you're the expert. You oughta know.

 

[Cheesewater]

Except for the glaring fact that you cant hang up the drunk when you need to focus.

Classic.

 

[elindholm]

Hm. Okay, well, you're the expert. You oughta know.

There's no need to be sarcastic just because you missed the story.

http://www.livescience.com/technology/050201_cell_danger.html

"The scientists also found previously that chatty motorists are less adept than drunken drivers with blood alcohol levels exceeding 0.08."

Look, those are the facts. You don't have to like them. But singling out drunk drivers as the ONLY evil drivers out there is simply inaccurate. There are lots of people who should not be on the road, be they cell phone users, prone to rage, way too old, or just plain stupid.

I would never try it, but I'm pretty sure that I could be legally impaired by alcohol and still perform better in a driving test than half the drivers on the road. Unsafe driving is a huge problem, and it is appropriate for us to target drunks, but it's only fair to be honest about how widespread the hazards are.

 

[cobbler]

Except for the glaring fact that you cant hang up the drunk when you need to focus.

If you can figure out how to do that.... ill invest!!!!

 

[cobbler]

This guy is now officially the team leader of the Denver Thuggets.
I wish i could say that i made that up myself.
It baffles me how these guys can get caught drinkin & drivin.
You're a millionaire....take a cab! Hire a driver!
Dumb.

I dont think it has anything to do with the money. Its about the inconvience and the age old addage...."it wont happen to me"

We do not know the specifics or what level he was at. 2 beers in a hour take you over the limit. I doubt there a many people out there that can positively say they never drove over .08

 

[Cheesewater]

There's no need to be sarcastic just because you missed the story.

Honestly, you answered so definitively and authoritatively, I thought you had the expertise. I've read several studies, including the famous Utah one...

The story you linked says "Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths" every year. This http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html says "In 2006, there were 13,470 fatalities in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver". Not the same.

I don't think anyone was suggesting that drunk drivers were the ONLY dangerous things on the road. Were they?

 

[sLapzsHaQ]

What's wrong with Melo anyway?

Melo doesn't deserve Iverson playing on his side.
I hope Iverson would get traded.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

TMZ:

You must be registered for see images

 

[Treesquid PhD]

I must admit I have a weakness for receiving road head, it's pretty distracting.

 

[Treesquid PhD]

There's no need to be sarcastic just because you missed the story.

http://www.livescience.com/technology/050201_cell_danger.html

"The scientists also found previously that chatty motorists are less adept than drunken drivers with blood alcohol levels exceeding 0.08."

Look, those are the facts. You don't have to like them. But singling out drunk drivers as the ONLY evil drivers out there is simply inaccurate. There are lots of people who should not be on the road, be they cell phone users, prone to rage, way too old, or just plain stupid.

I would never try it, but I'm pretty sure that I could be legally impaired by alcohol and still perform better in a driving test than half the drivers on the road. Unsafe driving is a huge problem, and it is appropriate for us to target drunks, but it's only fair to be honest about how widespread the hazards are.

lol, Beer guts without the beer.

 

[elindholm]

The story you linked says "Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths" every year. This http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html says "In 2006, there were 13,470 fatalities in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver". Not the same.

You're comparing data from two different sources, using different ways of counting and different methodologies?

Forget it. You'll believe what you want to.

 

[btimsah]

Oh God, now their gonna try to outlaw talking on your cell phone while driving. Looks I'll be breaking that law. I'm fixing to move to Mexico, where I can be free again.

I'm going to be driving a huge S.U.V. with a gun, smoking and talking on two cell phones at the same time. Without my seat belt. Why? Because I might suddenly feel the urge too. That's why. Freedom means freedom.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

Freedom isn't free

 

[btimsah]

Freedom isn't free

Freedom is freedom. But we are working on getting rid of it by having so many laws we will legislate ourselves into a perfect society that nobody wants to live in.

We're almost there.

 

[Ryanwb]

I'm going to be driving a huge S.U.V. with a gun, smoking and talking on two cell phones at the same time. Without my seat belt. Why? Because I might suddenly feel the urge too. That's why. Freedom means freedom.

Have you been to Mexico? They say "don't drink the water" for a reason. Thankfully in America we have laws that dictate certain things.

Yes, some laws are rather stupid, but let's face it, there are many stupid people in this country. Next time you go to a vending machine, look at the warning that is a picture of the machine falling on a guy. A vending machine caused enough deaths to necessitate a warning sticker.