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Talking on the cellphone and driving..!

ROBERT CLEMENTS

The young man driving the latest fancy car had one arm on the steering wheel, the other hugging his cell phone in an intimate embrace.
"Did I wake you up?" he asked seductively into the mouthpiece.
"No," replied the husky voice at the other end, "you just got me out of the bath!"
"Out of the bath!" exclaimed the young man, not seeing the cyclist in front.
"What was that noise?" she asked at the other end.
"What noise?" he whispered, breathlessly holding the cell phone even closer, and not noticing the cyclist falling behind. "You know you shouldn't phone and drive," said the husky voice at the other end.
"What are cell phones for?" asked the young man with a grin, "if not for taking the boredom out of driving!"
The signal in front, suddenly turned red, but the young man with his phone pressed to his ear and his mind pressed elsewhere didn't notice the change and continued driving through.
"What are you putting on?" he asked, holding his breath in anticipation and literally looking into the phone. He did not see the startled scooterist veering dangerously to avoid him. All he felt was a thud, which he mistook for the sound of his own heart beat as he repeated the question "What are you wearing?"
"Come and see," said the husky voice at the other end. "Yes I'm coming," said the young man accelerating his car, so that the speedometer needle started climbing up dangerously, "and I'm not going to put this phone off till I reach you."
The other drivers on the road, in their cars and buses and trucks tried desperately to pull their vehicles quickly out of the way of the speeding car.
"Hello, hello," said the young man suddenly realising the phone had gone off. "Hello, sweetheart hello," he shouted into the mouthpiece. "Damn!" he shouted, "damn!" and drove faster.
An old lady with a walking stick, crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing didn't see the approaching car. She was flung up, high into the air and the crowd that gathered round her, knew she would never need the stick again. The young man in the car only shouted deeper into his cell phone. "Hello, hello, damn, damn, damn….."
A schoolboy, whose father had taught him how to cross a road, was astonished to see the car bearing down on him. He jumped out of the way in time, but not before his school bag and lunch box were scattered all over. He wondered whether his father had made a mistake in telling him to cross the road when the pedestrian crossing lights were green. He decided not to obey signals ever again.
Meanwhile, the young man driving the latest fancy car, one arm on the steering wheel and the other hugging his cell phone, bent down to press redial so he could talk to his girlfriend again. His eyes were filled with anticipation…. He did not see the ten ton truck switching lanes in front of him:
"Hello," said the husky voice at the other end of the line, "hello," she shouted as she heard the piercing scream and the sound of tearing metal. "Hello," screamed the husky voice at the other end again, but the young man one mangled arm on the smashed wheel and the other still clutching his cell phone, lay still, never to hear her again..!

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Published by the Editor on behalf of Independent Publications Limited at Media Printers, 446/H, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1215.
Editorial, News & Commercial Offices : Beximco Media Complex, 149-150 Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. GPO Box No. 934, Dhaka-1000.

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