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   Your Name to twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net   
   Re: Finally, California drivers can read   
   16 Mar 14 16:34:36   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.ipad, comp.mobile.android   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , T0m $herman   
    wrote:   
   > On 3/15/2014 9:45 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article , T0m $herman   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >> On 2/28/2014 2:12 AM, micky wrote:   
   > >>> I drove from Baltimore to Dallas and back a few yeas ago.  I don't   
   > >>> remember trying to do this on the way there, but on the way back, I told   
   > >>> myself special circumstances existed (and they did) and tried a couple   
   > >>> times to read my paper map while driving. I didn't hit anything but it   
   > >>> was a big mistake.   
   > >>   
   > >> I have tried reading maps, talking on a phone, etc. while riding as a   
   > >> passenger, and found it impossible to pay attention to traffic and road   
   > >> conditions at the same time.   
   > >   
   > > If I tried reading a map as a passenger, I'd quickly be throwing up all   
   > > over the driver, which "might" prove to be a "little" distracting for   
   > > them.  :-)   
   >   
   > Ever hear of rolling down the window and puking out the side?  ;)   
      
   That just means it will distract the driver behind instead with stuff   
   suddenly splattering all over their windscreen .. or worse if it's a   
   motorbike rider.  ;-)   
      
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