But road warriors may find the device a handy and reliable way to keep in touch.
There is prize money at stake for the Caribbean island's 150 active players, but Road Tennis remains semi-professional.
Policing was at the top but road safety, powers over speed and drink driving limits, ports, licensing of alcohol and light night entertainment were there too.
Traffic gridlock looms in the big cities, especially Jakarta, where the number of motor vehicles has tripled to 9.5m in the past eight years but road space is growing at less than 1% a year.
We all have relationships with strangers in their thousands or millions on the road but road user relationships are corroded and corrupted by the system of control which makes us almost have a greater respect for a traffic light than for a human life.
But road to adulthood is not a paved street of strictly maturity only and will require some blog entries that bemuse where exactly in the world is Carmen Sandiego and focus on traumatic childhood moments where the dream of shrinking down to Polly Pocket size was shattered.
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She ultimately elected to make wine instead, but the road to Oregon was anything but straight and narrow.
Driving this alternative road to the famous red-tinged ruins may take longer, but this road's history stretches back to the curtain opening of civilisation.
"I would say our experience in the United Kingdom is that you can take people with you as you take those difficult decisions, but ... it's a very tough and hard road, but it's a road we all have to travel, " he said.
He repeatedly insisted that the British economy was healing, but the road was long and hard.
The cause of the crash is not clear but the road was wet and foggy in patches.
But the road to becoming an international force must go through countries without a strong Filipino presence.
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Our national and international debt debacle sounds complex, but the road there was quite straight and narrow.
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But extended road trips require considerable planning and an awareness that this car is a different sort of animal.
But the road for Kozlowski to get there was not an easy one.
The ultimate promise of electronic commerce is undiminished, but the road from here to there is taking some surprising turns.
"Several attempts were made by local police to get to the man but the road was impassable, " the chief inspector said.
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We have protested, but the road must be allowed to go ahead.
But the road to peace will not be easy for President Santos who, mid-way through his term, has seen his approval ratings drop.
It's not just infrequent travelers who get burned, but sometimes road warriors who happen to switch programs and don't pay attention to the old program.
But a road safety charity has criticised Durham's chief constable, Paul Garvin, and called on the government to order the force to rethink its position.
But Nevil Road was staging an England v West Indies one-day international the following day - and the ECB granted special dispensation to delay the game.
More than half the top 20 were in London, but Woodlands Road West in Virginia Water, Surrey, was the dearest outside the city, Lloyds TSB said.
Plenty of challenges remain: In Bridgeport, about a third of the streets were passable, but every road won't be opened back up before Sunday, said Mayor Bill Finch.
But the road ahead remains long for the Democrats: It takes 2, 025 delegates to claim the nomination and Clinton is barely a third of the way to that total, with Obama in striking distance.
We are making our way towards our secret destination - we are never told where we are going until we have almost arrived, but the road signs are sometimes a give-away to an eagle-eyed journalist.
But the road that they have to travel is exceedingly difficult, which is why I call upon Israelis and Palestinians -- and the world -- to rally behind the goal that these leaders now share.
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