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napadad wrote on May 13, 2009 7:31 AM:
old_napan52 wrote on May 13, 2009 8:55 AM:
Jmo wrote on May 13, 2009 11:03 AM:
What we need is a good old celeb name to appear to get things rolling. "
melimop wrote on May 14, 2009 5:34 PM:
reason-ator wrote on May 16, 2009 12:32 AM:
I was sorta hoping that somebody at the NVR could come up with SOME reason why they felt justified in doing what they do. But I guess there is some moral high ground in thumbing a newspaper's nose at decency.
We're gonna have some fun laughing about this at the party I go to tomorrow night. Speaking highly of the NVR, of course.
I'll make sure only the non-drivers are drinking. But it'll apparently be OK for the sober drivers to drive in two lanes at once while running red lights while talking on their cell phones and wandering into oncoming traffic.
What a joke this has become.
Note: No Comment Guidelines have been broken in the typing of this post. "
reason-ator wrote on May 18, 2009 12:46 AM:
So, is the NVR really trying to make the roads safer ? They won't print my posts where I question their motives
More accidents are caused by distracted drivers than drivers that are DUI. Yet, the NVR publishes this list every day while ignoring the #1 cause of accidents. They ignore the opportunity to raise awareness about the dangers of driving-while-phoning, and I suspect it's because newspaper staff feel they have to talk on the phone while driving.
So what is it, NVR ? Are you going to print my question this time ? Are you going to think about trying to similarly shame all of the people who selfishly put other people's lives at risk ? Or do you want to only go after people who are driving impaired by alcohol ?
Or is driving while impaired OK if everyone does it ? Because I really think more people are driving while impaired by a phone than they are by alcohol, judging from what I see. Obviously, people are laughingly ignoring the new law forbidding driving while impaired by a cell phone, and it partially because the penalties are so weak.
This is a great opportunity for the NVR to actually make a difference, and it apparently isn't important enough.
Or would it be too much work to help save lives ? I don't get it. "
crymeariver wrote on May 19, 2009 3:41 PM:
They are from the Napa Valley!!! "
4466 wrote on May 28, 2009 12:07 PM: