Taking Photos and Driving (#00)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#00)? Taking Photos and Driving

Personal request by Mountain Mike on www.flickr.com!

Driving with a Foot out the Window (#39)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#39)? Driving with a Foot out the Window...

Flicking Boogies and Driving (#38)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#38)? Flicking Boogies and Driving

Personal Request Observed by Kim Ross of Los Lunas, New Mexico.

Have You Observed Something?

Note: At least he didn't eat it!

Recommendation: Try to pick and grin when you are away from traffic!

Checking the Split-Ends and Driving! (#37)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#37)? Checking the Split-Ends and Driving!

Personal Request Observed by Anna Martens of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Another View of the Moon, Hopefully the Last One

Woodbridge Senior High School, Woodbridge Virginia! The Best School East of the Mississippi Indeed. True Blog Story forthcoming, so stay tuned!

Skaters can be a Distraction

The True Story Will Follow in the next day or two! Lets just say Woodbridge Senior High School in Woodbridge Virginia still misses us (True Story).

The Moon Can Be A Driver Distraction

Added to The Vehicle Distraction Hall of Fame. I now add the "Moon" as a natural driver distraction. This distraction should be added to the dangerous dawn and dusk categories. Be careful! Moon distractions can occur both in the night and in the day.

Note: So I am driving in San Antonio, Texas with my parents and grandparents when this other vehicle's frontseat passenger moons another vehicle in the far right lane. Inconveniently, we were stuck in the middle. My eyes popped out, my parents and their parent's chins all hit their chests.

Please Remember: At this moment in time, all eyes were focused on one buttocks, not the traffic or the road! "The buttocks (often called arse, backside, badonkadonk, booty, bum, buns, butt, fanny, humps, peaches, monkey wrench, rear end or sweet cheeks) are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region (Wikipedia).

Juggling and Driving (#36)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#36)? Juggling and Driving!

Personal Request Observed by Mike Farley of California.

Note: personally, I don't think this is a good motor vehicle sport - attempt Joggling instead. My Bro-in-law, Trent Webb, enjoys this sport... Keep your eye out for the Titanium Acrobat!

CRACK! Blowing Smoke and Driving (#35)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#35)? Smoking Crack and Driving!

Personal Request Observed by Steven Streiff of Phoenix Arizona.

Now this one is "scary!"We already know that multi-tasking and driving is a safety hazard, but mind altering drugs and driving is beyond the twilight zone.

Recommendation: The observer should immediately take the long way home! The partaker should stay at home!

Society: The question is: What is the reason "Why" people feel they need to escape? The answer is?

Checking Teeth and Driving (#34)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#34)? Checking Teeth and Driving.

Personal Request by Valerie Webb of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Action: Move those pearly whites, I can't see the on coming traffic lights.

Backseat Distraction's Can Backfire

The True Story Will Follow in the next day or two - I ran out of time this morning!

Moral of the story, don't assume you are safe to do whatever you want on a school bus. Every action has a reaction.

Rating an IPOD Song and Driving (#33)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#33)? Rating an IPOD and Driving

Personal request by Jørgen Schyberg of Norway!

Check out Jørgen's photos on www.flickr.com!

How many times have I seen this on the road?
IPOD and/or MP3 song rating takes one hand, but
both eyes. To date, I have not observed anyone
that can place one eye on the IPOD and one eye
on the road. Have you observed this activity?

Note: Accidents occurr in a twinkle of an eye.
Focusing in on The English Beat, Mirror in the
bathroom to rate them five stars takes many
twinkles of the eyes.

Recommendation: Rate songs at home and enjoy the tunes as you drive...

Backseat Driver Distractions: A New Thread

I almost lost my lunch and wrecked my car laughing at this backseat window view. Was this dirty thumb sucker, sucking something through those finger shaped straws. YUCK!

Whoever taught this sweet little girl this nasty habit needs to be publically beaten. If in fact, no one is to blame for teaching this naive little girl this disgusting trait, then her parents should be flogged in the town center on voting day.

Note: The next time you fly, you may want to tuck an air sickness bag into your laptop case, just-in-case this family drives through your home town!

Giving the Air Paddle Sign and Driving (#32)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#32)? Giving the Air Paddle Sign and Driving.

So I am driving along at a comfortable speed, enjoying the day, when a brand new (huge) van passes me. The driver (who I recognize, but he does not) is giving me the Air Paddle as a symbol to go faster. I look down at my speedometer and I am cruising along at 50 in a 45. I am passed by this rude individual doing about 60 mph.

Who accompanied the driver on this wonderful day? The drivers severly disabled son, and the child care children (my friend's daughter and others) they watch and care for while parents work.

Interestingly enough, here is this beautiful van purchased with the communities tax dollars (by-the-way a great cause) and the son-of-a-gun driver shoots me an air paddle of thanks. HMMMM!

Note: You may be more famous than you know. It was confirmed on this day, I made the right decision not to have my child cared for by this family...

Generations Training

If your company is looking to solve the Generational Puzzle! Look no further. Lynne Lancaster, David Stillman and Nancy Peterson have a solution. Check out BridgeWorks, "BridgeBuilder Certification Training!" I spent the last three days immersed in a fantastic class set in beautiful Sonoma California learning about the multiple generations at work and the importance of each in the work place.

The Millenials have arrived so get ready to observe a generation that "Rocks On" to get the job done! This generation might indeed be the over protected generation, but they will prove to be the over achiever generation, if you prepare the way!

Playing PSP and Driving (#31)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#31)? Playing PSP and Driving.

Note: Driving is not a game! Unless you want to break on through to the other side before your time, drive the real thing on the road and the other off the road.

Driver in the Headlights (#30)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving? (#30). Hopefully, you don't stare into the on coming vehicle's lights like a deer in the headlights.

Note: Being in a daze and driving is probably not a good driving practice.

Día de los Muertos and Driving, Say What?

Is that Jerry Garcia (of the Grateful Dead:) Driving Curious Gabe's VW Bus?

Note: Driving Dead is probably not a good idea!

Manipulating a Global Positioning System and Driving (#29)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving? (#29) Manipulating the Global Positioning System (GPS).

My son and I took a surf trip to Rhode Island, Mass, Conneticut, New Jersey, and New York in 2004. We hired a car with GPS installed. As we drove slowly in thick East-Coast traffic, my son helped navigate through the GPS delivered shortcuts. Lets just say, we took the back woods way (local only roads) everywhere we decided to go. In most cases we eliminated the traffic and had fun doing so. However, we missed a major East Coast swell, but we experienced some keen driving and had some serious fun.

Note: GPS works well with a navigator. Driving and manipulating a GPS system is asking for danger.

The Risk is Too High and Driving

The Risk is too High, so buckle them up when you drive!

Note: Accidents happen, they are not planned.

The Honeymoon GPS Proves Successful November 03, 2006

Congratulations is in store, as Uncle Stan is the first recipient of a successful honeymoon mapping, thanks to the use of the High Tech Honeymoon GPS.

Uncle Stan and Aunty Missy are the proud parents of a newbie! November 03, 2006 documents the joy found through the use of our fantastic product. This proves they didn't get lost on their honeymoon.

Without our HM GPS where would they be? Still lost and looking most likely.

Uncle Stan exclaims, "It is absolutely awesome."

Note: To Order a High Tech Honeymoon GPS please contact me directly.

Driving with an Obstructed View (#28)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#28)? Driving with view obstructions?

Note: Anything hanging from the rear view mirror is an obstruction of the view. I didn't see it is not an excuse.

Puking and Driving (#27)

What Were You Doing When You Should Have Been Driving (#27)? Puking and Driving!

Note: Pull over and puke!

Absolutely disgusting dude...In fact, it almost caused a chain reaction as my gut heaved seeing your nastiness.