[Oridus]

Originally Posted by Oditius

I drink, text and drive all I want!!! I can handle my booze!! I agree with you!! . Heck I can't even afford insurance anymore, but I text and drive too!!! But if I rear-end you because I am texting, don't worry, your insurance will get you a new car, and morphine for the pain you have in your neck and back. And some day you may be able to drive and text again. I will pray for you at the local bar, as I borrow my buddies car to get home. Who the hell cares that I no longer have a license, and if I get stopped again it will be my 6th time. I can multitask with the best of them!!

Actually I don't drink, I found it interferes with my handling of my motorcycle. I am also guilty of texting while driving my truck. Here in Illinois it is illegal to text and drive. And for those who jump on the band wagon and say that law is wrong, they and most states have a back up law to cover their butts. It's called "Distractive Driving Law" simply put, it means it is against the law to drive while being distracted by something else. Oh maybe I should mention the above senerio is, or I guess I should say was a friend of mine. he ran a red light, and a semi plowed right into him. Funny thing was he was sober at the time, he had his wife and kids in the car, my car, and he never drinks and drives when they are with him. But he was texting his friends to meet up later that night. All 5 of them are now buried and long gone. Do I support your decision to text and drive, yep I do!! (Oh BTW police around here have to be trained to drive and use the laptop. They spend hours upon hours to make sure that there is no problems, or they just don't become cops.)

"now back to our regularly scheduled banter about Swype being good or bad." It makes my texting easier, driving, walking or just plain sitting down!! And to make it clear, 99.9% I send a text is while waiting for one of the millions of red lights to turn green!!!

Argue all you want, doesn't stop me from texting while driving. I've been doing it ever since I can remember having my first cell phone with txting capabilities and a license, and i'm not going to stop now, just because other people can't handle it. I'm a very good driver, and can handle it. And as far as your defense of the cops, you should check around a little bit more. There have been several "incidences" where police have gotten into accidents when using their computer, texting, or talking on their cell phones.

Originally Posted by jmorton10

WOW.

No wonder you see more & more fatalities lately with DBs like this on the road........

We had five kids killed in a head on crash with a tractor trailer on their HS graduation night here a few years ago. There had been a text sent from the drivers phone 15 seconds before the impact.

I'm sure that driver "knew their limitations" too.

~John

No need for name calling.....