{"id":3923,"date":"2013-11-09T23:47:57","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T23:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=3923"},"modified":"2013-11-09T23:47:57","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T23:47:57","slug":"talking-and-driving-is-actually-a-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=3923","title":{"rendered":"Talking and driving is actually a gas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I’ll admit that I’m not as technologically advanced as many Americans.<\/p>\n

That is why this notion of Bluetooth technology in automobiles is so fascinating to me.<\/p>\n

I took a phone call the other day from my son, who called my cellphone number. I was walking across the parking lot at work. We chatted as I walked toward my car. I got into my vehicle and started it.<\/p>\n

Immediately, the phone switched over to the radio speaker and I was able to drive off the parking lot while continuing my conversation with my son. <\/p>\n

It knocked me out!<\/p>\n

I told him so. He laughed and said something like, “Well? What did you expect?”<\/p>\n

He equated my fascination with this technology — which I admittedly resisted getting for many years after it became available — to someone born in the 19th century awakening in the 21st century and finding streets buzzing with automobiles. <\/p>\n

Maybe that’s an accurate metaphor.<\/p>\n

What I do know is that I am still struggling with the guilt of talking on the phone while driving my car. I know city ordinances do not prohibit me from doing so. Amarillo has this law on the books that says it’s illegal to use a handheld device while driving a motor vehicle. I am grateful the City Commission enacted the law — even though I have yet to actually witness a police officer pulling someone over for breaking that rule.<\/p>\n

I am guessing my guilt will dissipate with time. Won’t it?<\/p>\n\n

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I’ll admit that I’m not as technologically advanced as many Americans. That is why this notion of Bluetooth technology in automobiles is so fascinating to me. I took a phone call the other day from my son, who called my cellphone number. I was walking across the parking lot at work. We chatted as I … Continue reading Talking and driving is actually a gas<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[676,899],"class_list":["post-3923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bluetooth","tag-cellphones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}