# A new low in distraction **URL:** \ **Category:** Safety\ **Created:** [February 21, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-low-in-distraction/92576 "2016-02-21T20:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-low-in-distraction/92576/1 "2016-02-21T20:09:55Z")
‘A 58-year-old driver dressed except for pants was killed in January in Detroit when he was thrown from his car by a crash. A Michigan State Police spokesman reported that the man had been viewing pornography as he drove. [WJBK-TV (Detroit), 1-26-2016]’ from Chuck Shepherd’s ‘Weird News’ ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-low-in-distraction/92576/2 "2016-02-21T20:49:27Z")
**_@RandomTroll_** I Already Created This Discussion A While Ago When It Was News. CSA ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-low-in-distraction/92576/3 "2016-02-24T00:23:59Z")
Well EXCUUUUUUSSSE ME! ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-low-in-distraction/92576/4 "2016-02-24T00:48:04Z")
All I can think of is the inane statements concerning someone who dies mountain climbing, skydiving, whatever. “They died doing what they loved to do”! LOL ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-low-in-distraction/92576/5 "2016-02-24T05:22:44Z")
_ **“They died doing what they loved to do”! LOL** _ Tombstone Material! **CSA** ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 10:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-low-in-distraction/92576/6 "2016-03-02T10:08:27Z")
There was the experienced skydiver in CA a few years ago who augured in after a malfunction. There were the usual obligatory “he died doing what he loved” statements. He hit the ground right in front of a dozen skydiving students who had just walked outside and he was said to be screaming bloody murder all the way to impact. I’d guess he wasn’t loving skydiving very much in spite of the “what he loved” statement. There was no followup story about how many of those dozen student witnesses decided they didn’t love skydiving at all and left after turning their chute in. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-low-in-distraction/92576/7 "2016-03-02T21:28:03Z")
My son took up skydiving without letting us know. After his first jump, a few months later the school where he trained was shut down when a student died due to his parachute not opening. It was a scary lesson for him.