2009.07.27
Stp txtn pls
The dangers of texting while driving seem apparent to those not addicted - and even to some who are - but calls to make it illegal have come up against a lack of scientific evidence. No more. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute is to release a study on Tuesday based on videotaping long-haul truck drivers over 18 months. The result: When drivers texted, their risk of collision was 23 times greater than when they were not.
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If what you have to say is so important just pull off the road into a rest stop and... er , uhm nevermind.
Comment by MrRational — July 27, 2009 @ 7:18 pm
...or get off at the next exit, wait until you get to your destination or do it before you get into the car. Driving is the one activity we all do on an almost daily basis that can directly impact the safety of those around us. If you have neither the common sense nor the courtesy to not use the phone while driving then, based on the facts presented in this study, the police should be allowed to intervene. This is not about trampling individual rights, it is about our safety.
Comment by Scott Whitaker — July 27, 2009 @ 9:56 pm
If you are observed by the police chatting or texting on a cell phone while driving you should be ticketed with a heavy fine for the first offense. Second time, lose your license for 6 months and a heavier fine. Third time, 3 months in jail and loss of driver license for 10 years and an even bigger fine.
Driving is not a game. I do not want my family endangered by some idiot texting or talking on a cell phone while operating a vehicle.
Comment by Jim W. — July 28, 2009 @ 1:00 am
@Jim W.: "If you are observed by the police chatting or texting on a cell phone while driving you should be ticketed with a heavy fine for the first offense."
You won't be observed by the police.. they're too busy playing with their phones, too.
Comment by Jack — July 28, 2009 @ 1:00 pm