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A- Welcome to a very special episode of Just Between Us.
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Brought to you by It Can Wait.
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A- Gaby?
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G- Mhm?
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A- I have a confession to make.
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G- Go on...
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A- As you know, I'm a rule-abiding citizen.
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G- Too much so, I would say.
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A- But I have a dirty little secret.
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G- What's your secret?
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A- I text and drive.
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G- Oh no! You're not supposed to do that!
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A- I know! It's awful! I would never drink and drive but I
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text and drive all the time even though that's even MORE dangerous than
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drinking and driving!
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G- I read that it is the number one cause of accidents in the United States.
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A- I'm a bad person. And as I'm doing it, I think I'm
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a bad person. It's never OK to drive distracted.
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G- Because you might think you're alone, but guess what?
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You're never alone on the road.
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A- Yeah. Another big-time statistic is that you're much
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more likely to do bad things when you're alone in the car because
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you think nobody will see it. But what you have to realize
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is that you 're never alone because there's other people
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in other cars!
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G- And they can see you texting and driving!
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A- No, that's--
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G- But also, because you might hit them.
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A- When I was an unattached young woman, without any real
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responsibilities, it still wasn't OK.
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G- Mhm.
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A- But now I'm a young mom!
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G- Oh my God, yeah! What would happen if you orphaned Sugar?!
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A- I know! I can't be out there doing bad things while I'm driving!
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Sometimes she's in the car!
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G- Oh my God!
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A- And I forget!
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G- She's so quiet.
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A- She's SO quiet in the car!
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So anyway, I thought that it would be very important for us to take
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a pledge to not be distracted while we drive anymore. Ok?
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G- Why? I'm perfect! I dont't ever do anything wrong.
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A- ..What? you do all sorts of terrible things in the car.
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G- I don't text!
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A- You texted me today in the car!
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G- I check Instagram! I check Twitter! I check Facebook!
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A- You text! I called you in the car today so that you would stop
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texting me, and then you kept texting after we hung up!
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G- The point is, don't go on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook either.
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A- Well, listen. We can't tell you guys what to do. All we can do is
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ask you to take the following pledge with us.
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G- Yeah. We're gonna pledge not to do it either.
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A- OK, do you wanna hear what I've included on the pledge?
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G- Sure!
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A- So I pledge to ... you should repeat everything I say back...
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G- OK.
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A- ...like when you're getting married.
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Not to check my phone while driving.
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G- I will not check my phone while driving.
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A- I pledge to not text.
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G- I will not text.
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A- Say "I pledge to"...
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G- I pledge to not text.
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A- I pledge to not check Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
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G- I pledge to not check Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat...
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any of 'em.
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A- Ugh, I forgot Snapchat. I'll add that.
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I pledge to not post to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Snapchat.
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G- I pledge to not post to any of my social medias.
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A- 'Cos I knew that you would think that that was a little loophole round it.
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G- Yeah, it's a loophole. I love a loophole!
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A- That's why this has gotta be an AIRTIGHT CONTRACT!
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I pledge to not play loud music or Coldplay.
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G- Show your mouth... wait, what?!
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You're allowed to play music. And, what if you wanna play Coldplay?
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A- It distracts--
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G- They have one good song! They have one good song.
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A- If you put Coldplay on and I'm driving I'll be distracted.
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'Cos I'll be thinking about how much I hate Coldplay.
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G- So I can't play any music in the car?
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A- No, you can't play loud music or Coldplay.
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G- OK, fine.
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A- See, the issue with loud music , believe it or not,
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you can't hear ambulances or people honking.
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G- Sometimes a rap song will play and I'll think it's an ambulance
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but it's just a siren in the rap song.
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A- Yeah, what's with that guys?
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I pledge to not pet Sugar when she is too far away.
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G- In the car?
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A- Yeah. So like, if it's easy to pet her, 'cos she's like in an
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easy spot, then we can do like a quick pet, maybe at a stoplight.
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G- OK.
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A- But like, if it's a reach we can't do it.
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G- Am I the driver?
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A- Yeah.
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G- Oh, but if I'm the passenger, I can pet her whenever?
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A- No, 'cos that will distract me.
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G- No, come on!
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A- 'Cos I'll be too jealous.
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So now this is interesting, and might not seem obvious, but
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I pledge to not leave too late so I'm not worried about being late.
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While driving.
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G- T-to anything?
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A- Yup! If you're ever...
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G- How can I control that?
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A- Well you have to think ahead.
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G- (DISPLEASED GROANING)
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A- This is a lifestyle change Gaby! This is a lifestyle change!
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G- I will TRY to not be late...
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A- Never be late...
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G- I will try to never be late.
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A- 'Cos if you remember...
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G- This is not enforceable. None of these are enforceable.
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A- It's to stop... you can't be distracted while you're driving!
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G- But..
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A- 'Cos people think it's just that you can't be high, you can't
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be drunk, or even that you can't be on your phone...
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it's everything! You have to be focused on the road! Which is why
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my final caveat...
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G- Mh. What?
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A-... is, you cannot stop in the middle of a riveting TV show and go drive.
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(MUSIC)
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G- I signed it with my spit.
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A- ... That's not how anything works!
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G- It's called a DNA signature, I just invented it.
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A- That's smart!
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G- You sign it with your tongue.
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A- Oh my God I bet they do that.
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G- And now, you'll have my DNA and you'll know I signed it.
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A- I've got to think about that now and before I get in the car.
