Dont reach for the cell phone

[Red Neck Biker]

Car Smashes into Athens Church as Driver Reaches for Cell Phone



Athens (AP) - An Athens woman, who lost control of her car while reaching for a cell phone, crashed into the side of a church, knocking a huge hole in the stone-and-concrete wall but miraculously causing no serious injuries.

Police said 40-year-old Joanne Brown plowed into Lindsay Lane Baptist Church at noon yesterday after narrowly missing two other motorists and a man trimming the grounds of the church.

Firefighters had to cut off the back top of the car to extract Brown. She was taken to Athens-Limestone Hospital, where she was treated and released.

According to witnesses, Brown was reaching for her ringing cell phone when she looked up and realized she was about to hit a truck head-on. Sgt. Frank Murphy said that when she swerved to miss the truck, she overcorrected and crossed a ditch, drove through a grassy median in the church parking lot, then crossed the lot's exit lane and smashed into the 9-inch-thick wall.

[mmcd3182]

People like this are going to make it impossible for us to use our cell phones in our vehicles soon. It's good that she's all right though.

[rockingtenn]

Here's an idea, a handfree speaker unit installed in your car for cell phone use! It's a wonderful invention and a lot safer!

[MoonBeam]

Ok a friend of mine drove into a church about 2 months ago reaching or his cell! He took out the side metal doors!!! This is freaky that cell phones are endangering churches!! A sign I do believe!

[Darjar]

In Texas and New York it is already against the law to talk on the cell phone while driving. Texas is very strict about this.

[mmcd3182]

	Quote:	MoonBeam
	Ok a friend of mine drove into a church about 2 months ago reaching or his cell! He took out the side metal doors!!! This is freaky that cell phones are endangering churches!! A sign I do believe!

LOL...

The hands free unit wouldn't have helped in this situation -- she was reaching for her cell phone when she took her eyes off the road.. not talking on the phone -- she hadn't gotten that far yet, and then BOOM "I just crashed my car into JESUS!"

(... anyone seen Saved )

[mmcd3182]

	Quote:	Darjar
	In Texas and New York it is already against the law to talk on the cell phone while driving. Texas is very strict about this.

What about people with headsets? How can they tell if they're using a phone or not? For all the officers know, the person is either singing or talking to themselves (if they're in the car alone driving), or they're talking to someone else in the car (if someone else is with them). How does that work? I know wireless Blue tooth headsets are becoming very popular and very affordable.