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