Texting and driving documentary: "From One Second to the Next"

Bingo! Beat me to it. Where does this shit end? Do I get a ticket or go to jail for channel surfing the radio? Engaging in a conversation with a passenger? Drinking a soda? Looking at a billboard on the side of the road? Smoking? All of these activities are just as "distracting" as texting, but it's only texting that gets the nanny treatment.

Drunk driving (or driving on illegal drugs) is a whole different kettle of fish. That's a physical impairment that affects your actual ability to drive the vehicle. Texting (or changing the channel on the radio) does not.

 

Are they?

 

No. This is the patently false information that the "libertarians" want people to believe. It isn't true in the least.

There is ample research showing texting and driving to be as dangerous as drunk driving. But this weird "FREEDOM!" cry drowns all that out.

 

Go ahead and try to text someone in the 0.2 seconds it takes me to change my radio from FM to CD.

And with the radio, you know, on the dashboard your eyes are still pointed at the road.

 

He's on the $100 bill! What bill are *you* on, Bubba?

Speaking of the $100 bill ... what a great segue ... here's a new story about the Benjamin.

http://www.esquire.com/features/benjamin-hundred-dollar-bill-0913-2

 

You are so fucking predictable. It makes me laugh every time

Claiming a law against texting and driving is an infringement on rights is stupendously stupid. Please

You don't even have a right to drive. You realise that, right?

And I cut out your rant about smoking in bars because we've been there before about a dozen times.

I'm about as pro capitalism as you can get.

I was a co-owner in business for 15 years and since then have been a consultant to teach small business how they can grow their market.

Government regulations against idiotic behaviour doesn't make me a commie. Grow up

 

I still have a dumbphone. Smartphone tech is just wizardry to me.

 

Call it natural selection - and also saves lots of money in court costs and spares us the bleeding heart community leaders whining on behalf of "good kids who made mistakes" to courts in order to get them a break.,.....

 

Actually, the last three cars I have been behind the wheel of have the radio controls on the steering wheel.

 

Between steering wheel buttons and voice commands, the only time I have to take my hands off the wheel at all is to put the car in Park when I get where I'm going.

 

Go ahead, and text and drive on a deserted road on the side of a mountain. No tears would be shed for stupidity.

 

Why can't you wait until you get home to eat?

Why can't you put on your make-up before you leave the house?

If we're going to ban it, ban it all. Or are we saying that distracted driving is ok as long as you aren't using your phone?