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Originally posted by aching_knuckles
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Oh right, because when you are choosing your music/using google maps/checking for a wifi connection/turning on your bluetooth you can pay full attention to the road and still use both hands to steer, unlike txting, right?
Concerning your second example: if you were using voice to text and not touching your phone with your hands, you wouldnt get pulled over now would you?
It should be a law against touching handheld devices while driving.....just like driving under the influence doesnt differentiate by the drug influencing, it shouldnt matter WHY you werent paying attention, just that you werent.
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Originally posted by mblahnikluver
Do people need to be told what is safe and what isn't.
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Texting while driving endangers others, but so does singing, eating an Egg Mc Muffin, or turning around to yell at your nasty little kids. Are we going to ban that stuff too?
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Texting while driving endangers others, but so does singing, eating an Egg Mc Muffin, or turning around to yell at your nasty little kids. Are we going to ban that stuff too?
Originally posted by Aggie Man
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Texting while driving endangers others, but so does singing, eating an Egg Mc Muffin, or turning around to yell at your nasty little kids. Are we going to ban that stuff too?
Sure, they all should be; however, statistically speaking...how many accidents are reported due to "singing, eating an Egg Mc Muffin, or turning around to yell at your nasty little kids"? How many are due to texting?
We got to pick our battles...and texting while driving is a big one.
Originally posted by Version100
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Texting while driving endangers others, but so does singing, eating an Egg Mc Muffin, or turning around to yell at your nasty little kids. Are we going to ban that stuff too?
Singing ?
You don't need to eat while driving, unless you are a
fatass that is starving every five seconds, if you need
to eat in the car then pull over and eat.
And if your kids are misbehaving that badly maybe you
need to take care of their discipline before putting them
into the car or pull over rather than endangering other
drivers.
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Originally posted by Version100
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Texting while driving endangers others, but so does singing, eating an Egg Mc Muffin, or turning around to yell at your nasty little kids. Are we going to ban that stuff too?
Singing ?
You don't need to eat while driving, unless you are a
fatass that is starving every five seconds, if you need
to eat in the car then pull over and eat.
And if your kids are misbehaving that badly maybe you
need to take care of their discipline before putting them
into the car or pull over rather than endangering other
drivers.
Yes, many people sing while they drive and when they hit a high note they take their eyes off the road. That's really dangerous, ban it! I don't have kids, but I see many parents attend to their kids while they're driving, that's dangerous, ban it! Only fatasses? Nope, normal people eat while they drive all the time, ban that too!
Originally posted by Version100
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Originally posted by Version100
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Texting while driving endangers others, but so does singing, eating an Egg Mc Muffin, or turning around to yell at your nasty little kids. Are we going to ban that stuff too?
Singing ?
You don't need to eat while driving, unless you are a
fatass that is starving every five seconds, if you need
to eat in the car then pull over and eat.
And if your kids are misbehaving that badly maybe you
need to take care of their discipline before putting them
into the car or pull over rather than endangering other
drivers.
Yes, many people sing while they drive and when they hit a high note they take their eyes off the road. That's really dangerous, ban it! I don't have kids, but I see many parents attend to their kids while they're driving, that's dangerous, ban it! Only fatasses? Nope, normal people eat while they drive all the time, ban that too!
You make excuses for a lack of intelligence, consideration, common decency.
Your attitude exemplifies a great deal of what is wrong with western society.
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
I text while I drive, I also drive with my knees a lot, but I've never killed anyone. For someone to commit a crime, another person must have been a victim, who is the victim when I drive with my knees and/or text?
Originally posted by Aggie Man
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
I text while I drive, I also drive with my knees a lot, but I've never killed anyone. For someone to commit a crime, another person must have been a victim, who is the victim when I drive with my knees and/or text?
Well, great for you...that you have not victimized anyone yet. Your argument is nothing but an "appeal to authority" (i.e., you are making an assertion you deem to be true because you are asserting it). Well, congratulations for being error free up to this point, but don't even try to be the spokesman for everyone. It's a statistical fact that those that text and drive cause disproportionately more accidents.
So far as victims go...we are all victims of texting drivers. However, some people pay more sever consequences than others...many pay with their life.
Have you ever heard of a deterrent?
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Deterrents don't deter anyone.
Originally posted by Aggie Man
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Deterrents don't deter anyone.
It does to those that actually get ticketed. Same theory that applies to speeders or red light runners. It may not entirely stop the bad deed; however, it certainly curbs the habit.