driving while on the phone

today i learned a very valuable lesson while driving. i was on my way to work, and was calling a very long number on the phone (international call via calling card). luckily, the entire number sequence was stored in my phone, so i could just wait for my phone to beep in the appropriate numbers. anyway, while i was dialing, i was happily cruising along in the middle lane, minding my own business. a couple hundred feet ahead of me on the right, i saw a station wagon about to make a right turn onto the street i was on. being a careful driver, i slowed down a bit to confirm that the station wagon was turning into the rightmost lane. this would allow me to continue on in the middle lane. much to my chagrin, the station wagon chose to turn into the middle lane--the very space i was occupying. i slammed on the brakes and wanted to honk at the stupidity of the other driver. unfortunately, my phone was still in my hand, so my other hand had to make a choice of honking at stupid driver, or swerving to avoid stupid driver. as much as i wanted to honk, i ended up swerving into the leftmost lane. so let this be a lesson to all of you: don't use your cellphone while driving, lest you be unable to honk at stupid drivers. and if you've driven in arizona before, you'll know how painful it is to not be able to honk at stupid drivers.

also, my international phone call didn't go through. bummer.