Texting while driving
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Tying up the court system with illegal texting would be ridiculous.
Much cheaper to just issue all LEOs with one of these...
Ten infractions is the most any driver would incure...
but let's face it, after you get pulled over the sixth or seventh time, they might as well just take them all.
Your driving days would be over because you couldn't grip the wheel.
Hitchhiking would also be problematic.
Much cheaper to just issue all LEOs with one of these...
Ten infractions is the most any driver would incure...
but let's face it, after you get pulled over the sixth or seventh time, they might as well just take them all.
Your driving days would be over because you couldn't grip the wheel.
Hitchhiking would also be problematic.
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Tying up the court system with illegal texting would be ridiculous.
Much cheaper to just issue all LEOs with one of these...
Ten infractions is the most any driver would incure...
but let's face it, after you get pulled over the sixth or seventh time, they might as well just take them all.
Your driving days would be over because you couldn't grip the wheel.
Hitchhiking would also be problematic.
Much cheaper to just issue all LEOs with one of these...
Ten infractions is the most any driver would incure...
but let's face it, after you get pulled over the sixth or seventh time, they might as well just take them all.
Your driving days would be over because you couldn't grip the wheel.
Hitchhiking would also be problematic.
OW That Car and Driver test confirms what I always suspected, it's not the drunk's reaction times, but their judgement to the situation that gets them in trouble.
This is my own, personal experience with the subject matter at hand and I know that it is most certainly not a safe practice. These days I try to minimize if not cut out my texting while driving habits completely. In fact, if someone calls me on my phone I do my best to pull over and get out of traffic to talk. That being said...
I used to drive 45min one way for a commute to school. Given my school and work schedules and this commute my sleep schedule was shot all to hell for 2.5 years. It came down to that I was frequently starting to nod off while driving to or from school. I discovered that if I was texting someone during this drive, my mind was occupied and I was more alert and awake during the drive. I don't drink coffee or any stimulants at all so that wasn't an option for me. Now, I learned how to drive first, got a cell phone a couple years later, and didn't start texting for another few years after that. So by the time I started texting and driving I was a little more experienced than your average teenager that is the subject of most of these debates/videos.
When it comes to using phones while driving I am a firm believer that having a conversation while operating a vehicle, whether its on a phone or with passengers is equally distracting (with the proper equipment for the phone).
Once again, I will state that I do not condone using a cell phone in any fashion while driving a vehicle. I am simply stating my own experiences that are relevant to the subject at hand.
I used to drive 45min one way for a commute to school. Given my school and work schedules and this commute my sleep schedule was shot all to hell for 2.5 years. It came down to that I was frequently starting to nod off while driving to or from school. I discovered that if I was texting someone during this drive, my mind was occupied and I was more alert and awake during the drive. I don't drink coffee or any stimulants at all so that wasn't an option for me. Now, I learned how to drive first, got a cell phone a couple years later, and didn't start texting for another few years after that. So by the time I started texting and driving I was a little more experienced than your average teenager that is the subject of most of these debates/videos.
When it comes to using phones while driving I am a firm believer that having a conversation while operating a vehicle, whether its on a phone or with passengers is equally distracting (with the proper equipment for the phone).
Once again, I will state that I do not condone using a cell phone in any fashion while driving a vehicle. I am simply stating my own experiences that are relevant to the subject at hand.
psychological tests prove that its not just looking at the road that creates the endangerment of the driver, its the fact they are concentrating on what they are saying in the text and trying to pay attention to the road at the same time and if something were to happen reactions are waaay slower. neural transmitters are not fast enough to switch from texting to reacting fast enough in most people...not saying all people...but most lol
Texting and reading compared to driving under the influence of alcohol....
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...is_it_-feature
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...is_it_-feature
This is my own, personal experience with the subject matter at hand and I know that it is most certainly not a safe practice. These days I try to minimize if not cut out my texting while driving habits completely. In fact, if someone calls me on my phone I do my best to pull over and get out of traffic to talk. That being said...
I used to drive 45min one way for a commute to school. Given my school and work schedules and this commute my sleep schedule was shot all to hell for 2.5 years. It came down to that I was frequently starting to nod off while driving to or from school. I discovered that if I was texting someone during this drive, my mind was occupied and I was more alert and awake during the drive. I don't drink coffee or any stimulants at all so that wasn't an option for me. Now, I learned how to drive first, got a cell phone a couple years later, and didn't start texting for another few years after that. So by the time I started texting and driving I was a little more experienced than your average teenager that is the subject of most of these debates/videos.
When it comes to using phones while driving I am a firm believer that having a conversation while operating a vehicle, whether its on a phone or with passengers is equally distracting (with the proper equipment for the phone).
Once again, I will state that I do not condone using a cell phone in any fashion while driving a vehicle. I am simply stating my own experiences that are relevant to the subject at hand.
I used to drive 45min one way for a commute to school. Given my school and work schedules and this commute my sleep schedule was shot all to hell for 2.5 years. It came down to that I was frequently starting to nod off while driving to or from school. I discovered that if I was texting someone during this drive, my mind was occupied and I was more alert and awake during the drive. I don't drink coffee or any stimulants at all so that wasn't an option for me. Now, I learned how to drive first, got a cell phone a couple years later, and didn't start texting for another few years after that. So by the time I started texting and driving I was a little more experienced than your average teenager that is the subject of most of these debates/videos.
When it comes to using phones while driving I am a firm believer that having a conversation while operating a vehicle, whether its on a phone or with passengers is equally distracting (with the proper equipment for the phone).
Once again, I will state that I do not condone using a cell phone in any fashion while driving a vehicle. I am simply stating my own experiences that are relevant to the subject at hand.
Last edited by Raptor05121; Mar 1, 2010 at 07:46 PM.
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I have texted while driving before but I haven't for a while. I don't like to because it's too hard to do. If I even get a call I ignore it til I get home or where ever it is I'm going because at least when I'm on the phone I'll completely miss parts of the road. I can go 5-10 miles and not even remember it. It's like my body knows where it's going but my mind is in a complete different place.
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That is a pitiful score for the GD participants and I'm ashamed of each and every one of you.
bahaha. well the professor said she'd be impressed if we could make this essay interesting, and i think its safe to say we now have a few good topics to discuss. not exaclty pros, per se, but discrepancies in the subject
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thanks for the link! but if you notice, they are testing the reaction of braking of texting vs drunk driving in a straight line. most alcohol-related accidents arent because people are slamming into the back of others, but rather running off the road and slamming into trees and such.
They are comparing the reaction times of texters to the "perceived" most dangerous type of drivers.... Those under the influence of alcohol... Most of which are not drunk enough to drive off the road from being so sloppy drunk that they could barely walk to their cars in the first place.
Most accidents involving drunk drivers ARE fender benders brought on by delayed reaction times. Texters are as (or more) dangerous than the average DUI candidate driving down the road. The ones who think they aren't are morons. Period.
true, but texting is A LOT more common. idealy, drunk driving most often happens at night, and not that many people do it. however, almost everybody during all times of the day text. its like saying NASCAR is safer than day-to-day driving. one happens a lot more often than the other
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The globe is overpopulated anyways...the only problem is that the overpopulation isn't a problem so much in the U.S. as it is in other countries...countries where maybe phones and automobiles are not so common?...i think so.
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It is depending upon the person...it's no more distracting than looking at a head unit to pick a song, and if you text often you shouldn't need to look at your phone to type a message anyways, only to read one, which isn't that distracting...
I'm not saying texting while driving is a good thing, I'm just saying that there are a lot of things people do while in a vehicle that are just as distracting, if not more.
I'm not saying texting while driving is a good thing, I'm just saying that there are a lot of things people do while in a vehicle that are just as distracting, if not more.
i don't know about you but if im textin while im on the road i'm a lot less distracted than talking on the phone to someone. when on the phone your constantly talking to the person and usually holding the phone to your ear and im a lot more focused on the conversation during a phone call. while texting i simply type a short one sentence message that takes a few seconds then put the phone down for however long it takes for the other person to respond.
Texting while driving is stupid no matter how good you are at it.
Speaking on a hands free phone is no more distracting than talking to your passengers. Passengers can actually be worse sometimes.
Even the people that text while driving know that it is bad but they just do not care.
I am not perfect either so do not think I am throwing stones. I have responded to emails (we do not have texting on company phones) when I shouldn't have.
Last edited by Norm; Mar 2, 2010 at 06:56 AM.
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By Golly.... I think we have a solution! Why is it most people see this yet nothing concrete is done about it?