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byRequired Snark ( 1702878 ) writes:
I hope so. Texting is intrinsically distracting and contributes to a vast number of accidents.
How Many People Die From Texting And Driving? [simplyinsurance.com]
About 14% of all fatal crashes involve some sort of cell phone use.
1 out of 4 car accidents in America are caused by texting and driving.
Car insurance premiums have increased up to almost 10,000% due to distracted driving.
Back in 2011 the NTSB recommended there should be no cell phone use when driving, even hands free. Obviously the recomendation went nowhere. Thi
byPeeAitchPee ( 712652 ) writes:
Texting while driving should be a primary offense and after one warning should be treated THE SAME as a DUI. It's literally a thing now where people get on the highway, go 40 MPH in the middle lane and text away, eyes 100% on the phone and keep the wheel steady with their knees. Those assholes need to off the road, either in a mandatory no-phone-while-driving re-education class, or in jail.
bycob666 ( 656740 ) writes:
Texting while driving should be a primary offense and after one warning should be treated THE SAME as a DUI. It's literally a thing now where people get on the highway, go 40 MPH in the middle lane and text away, eyes 100% on the phone and keep the wheel steady with their knees. Those assholes need to off the road, either in a mandatory no-phone-while-driving re-education class, or in jail.
The problem is that texting in and of itself isn't the problem, the problem is being distracted while behind the wheel. There are plenty of things that drivers do that are at least as distracting as texting, such as reading a newspaper, putting on makeup, eating, turning around to yell at the kids in the back seat, et al. But the media zones in on texting because it's something that the younger generations do. I'd much rather see stricter and stricter enforcement of distracted driving rules but that doesn't catch the eye of the media.
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bysabbede ( 2678435 ) writes:
Makeup and reading a paper are probably as bad since they take your attention away as much and for as long. You can eat a burger with one hand, keeping your eyes on the road and other hand on the wheel. Plate of spaghetti, maybe not so much, but there aren't many fast-food pasta joints.
I don't think it has anything to do with age.
byimAck ( 102644 ) writes:
This, but it's so terribly subjective. Having done a 120 mile round-trip commute for eight years, where most of the drive was on a 75mph interstate (90mph, really), along with ~6,000 other commuters all making the same drive to the state's capitol every day, I've seen it all. First year was rough. By the third year, I could probably have made the drive steering with my knee and reading a book while eating a breakfast burrito. At the same time. I saw plenty of other people that did. The seasoned commut
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