Lawmakers to Propose Ban on Driving While Texting

[Spiderman313]

I think its a great idea. There was a report on the news about a week ago where a lady ( In my opinion MOST females are bad drivers) was texting and driving and hit a lady and her baby and sent them almost 60 feet in the air. The mother and girl landed in the next door driveway.
I see it happening everyday people driving and texting. I'm not saying you can't cause harm to other people by driving while eating, changing the radio station...etc, but to me it takes more concentration to text and drive.
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[TnA-2xXtReM]

Originally Posted by gTen

I propose we ban people in cars...999/1000 fatalities are caused by people being inside cars.

But there was an incidence where one person was driving a car while texting I think her boyfriend and ran over him cause nether she or he were looking ahead and were busy texting >.>

What should we ride then? Scooters and bike? Definately not good if the snow comes down. Caterpillars? Eh? Or.. maybe we can have natinwide bus transportation! Then everyone should start killing each other trying to get onto the bus

[weakkneed]

The thing about Texting and driving is there is a record down to the second. If you have an accident, even unrelated to the texting, the lawyers are going to have a field day, way more so than even talking on the phone. If forbid you should kill someone or they are killed even by their own fault, you will be demonized and the lawyers will take everything you own now or in the future and some judgements are bankrupsy proof. It will stand up in any court, your phone and you were driving. It is a risk I will never take. I ran into a car at a light when I was a kid reaching for a cassett tape that had fallen on the floor. It only takes a second to look down, drift and overcorrect, hydroplane when the road looks dry, sun in your eyes, ect and have to pay for the rest of your life. It's just not worth it. I don't need a law, just common sense. If you are texting, then in the eyes of the law you are guilty.

[shaggylive]

so I got a question.. what about signing (talking to a deaf person with sign language) while driving? I saw someone doing that the other day, and was clearly not being attentive to driving.

[TnA-2xXtReM]

Wouldn't that be discrimination against deaf people? People just got to use common sense when trying something out of the ordinary when their life and others are at stake... People are just trying to multi-task too much nowaday when they are in the driver seat of their car. It might be 'funny' when you hear some news like this or doesn't really care about it in general, but just imagine when you get into one of these situation yourself. Personally, I have never got involved in any situations like this, but I can see how one's life will be changed forever once they killed a passenger that is so related to them or some stranger. Common sense people, common sense...

[ksg]

I'm for LESS government, LESS laws and LESS personal liberties being stripped.

Any time I see laws like this I think of two things:

1. "Won't someone please think of the children?" Knee-jerk reactions.
2. Obvious "money grab" by local and state municipalities.

I personally don't text while driving and tell all of my friends and family members the same. I'm all for PSA (public service announcements) but I don't want to see this go into law. There are too many abstruse laws to contend with now....

[Noir]

on the one hand I do agree with the law but on the other with all the bad things you do in the car...will this really minimize accidents?

[TnA-2xXtReM]

I just don't think this or most of other things considered "bad" have to be made into laws. People just have to use their head and think about what is best for them and their surrounding. I mean, this is America and you only get one life.. live it to the fullest and not be dumb your reckless decisions. But as usual, everyone is different and I personally just avoid those people in real life that I considered unsafe for myself and my significant others.

About law in general, I agree.. there are too much rules out there and yet 80% of them are useless/junk. We need a major clean up, but everyone know that changing isn't easy for politicians.. Overall, quality > quantity

[Biker1]

The key words to remember for this Century are "BIG BROTHER."
While I agree that is is distracting to text while driving; so is talking, eating, playing with the radio, putting on make up, reading the paper, reaching for the lighter to light your cigarette or whatever you smoke , yelling at the kids in the backseat, getting in your car after having an argument with your loved one, etc., etc. You get the idea.
Text Messaging is just the flavor of the day and as was pointed out, can be documented to the second.
Soon their will be a whole Industry having to do with prosecuting text messaging cases.
There will be designated Parts in the Courthouses with its own Judges, Attorneys, stenographers, court officers, etc.
Also gives law enforcement more reasons to pull you over.
They used to just have to say they saw you swerve in the lane.
Now they have a whole menu to choose from.

I know all too well about the abuse of Laws and Power. I live in New York City

[zim2704]

this proposal has good intentions but like with alot of these types of laws will not have any effect on accidents caused by un-attentive drivers. There are too many people that are behind the wheel eating/drinking/putting on make-up/reading/googling the hot blonde in the car next to them/ext.... so unless they find a way to make all people put their hands at 10-2 with both eyes on the road at all times accidents are going to happen.

One thing that needs to be realized is that texting and any other task being performed in a car is dangerous but combine that with being inside city limits where watching out for stop lights, pedestrians and other drivers the possibilities for bad s___ to happen are endless. Inside city limits i believe everything should be put on the back-burner until you've arrived at your destination or pulled to the side of the road. On most highways and interstates casual use of your phone i don't see a problem with.

that being said I work in western kansas where driving just comes with the territory, on average i drive 300-400 miles per day. That mostly happens on highways and interstate and yes i text, surf the web, and talk on the phone on a regular basis when i'm on the highways but when i'm inside city limits the phone goes into it's case and all attention goes to driving. All together it's been 12years and 0-accidents.