Is it legal to use a cell phone while driving in Maine ?
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From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] long night time exposures
>I could be wrong, because it was a long time ago, but as I recall, not only
>was Mr. King walking with his back to oncoming traffic, he was READING A
>BOOK WHILE WALKING BESIDE THE HIGHWAY.
>
> If my recollection is correct, and even granting the van driver was
> inattentive for a moment and was what lawyers call the "proximate" cause
> of the accident, I believe Mr. King bears a large share of the
> responsibility for his predicament, and I think the fallout for the poor
> van driver was nothing less than disgusting. The poor man eventually
> committed suicide.
>
> But then Mr. King is not the only Mainer who walks on the wrong side of
> the road. It never ceases to amaze me how many people up here walk with
> their backs to traffic, and don't pay the least bit of attention to the
> sound of someone approaching from their rear. I almost plowed into three
> people just after we moved up here. It was dark and pouring rain, and I
> was heading home from the little market a mile and a half south of here.
> As I approached the bridge over Munro Brook, I thought I saw something
> that didn't quite look right in front of me. I swerved into the other lane
> and counted three people walking in my lane with their backs to me.
>
> To this day I wonder if those folks ever realized how close to death they
> came that night.
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2011, at 8:22 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
>
>> Or Stephen King being almost killed by a van driver who was not paying
>> attention.
>
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