“If you don’t swear while driving, then you’re not paying much attention to the road at all” is a jocular statement that has been cited in print since at least 2010 and is of unknown authorship. The saying became popular on Twitter and on websites in 2012.
JoyReactor
31 Mar 2010
If you don’t swear while driving then you’re not paying attention to the road at all.
Witty Profiles
08 Apr 2012 at 7:37pm
if you dont swear while driving
then youre probably not paying enough attention to the road
Twitter
Ly Duy Ky
@ldkkei
Agreed. “If you don’t swear while driving then you’re not paying attention to the road at all.”
6:25 AM - 25 Jul 12
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Greg Micheals
@edmontongreg
If you don’t swear while driving, then you’re not paying attention to the road at all. #yegtraffic
8:37 AM - 28 Jul 12
Demotivation
IF YOU ARE NOT SWEARING WHILE DRIVING - Then you are not paying attention to the road.
2012.08.14 submitted by Beloff
Some E-Cards
08.22.2012
If you don’t swear while driving then you’re not paying attention.
Witty Profiles
06 Oct 2012 at 11:26am
If you don’t swear
while driving then
you’re not paying
attention to the
road at all.
Trollable
If you don’t swear while driving then you’re not paying much attention to the road at all.
(Probably November 2012—ed.)
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