Thread: Outlaw Texting while driving ?

They should make all autos manual transmissions. Hard to text, talk on phone, do makeup, drink coffee, whatever when you have to shift.

Why not just outlaw driving? 40,000 people die yearly in automobile related deaths in the US alone. After all, if it saves just one person, it's worth it!

Think of all the time you'd save, not spending it in traffic breathing noxious vapors for hours ever week.

Think of all the money we'd save that we could use to help the poor. No more road construction, no more bridges to nowhere!

Originally Posted by dnjrboy

They should make all autos manual transmissions. Hard to text, talk on phone, do makeup, drink coffee, whatever when you have to shift.

Man I love manual trans. Before I got my van I had a '96 Ford XLT Powerstroke with a 5 speed and it was a hoot to drive. If they would've made the van a stick on the column I would have loved that. Automatic only though for a lot of years now on the Ford E type vans.

I voted YES!!

Between the headphones, cigarettes, newspapers, coffee, doughnuts, applying make-up, computer, radio, filling out paper work, gps, and cell phones in rush hour traffic, who has time to drive let alone text?
I drive Boston rush hour and have seen all of this and much more!
Unfortunately common sense isn't very common when it comes to driving.

I voted "maybe." Conventional texting while driving yes. Voice activated texting maybe not.

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I voted no, because while a lot of people don't realize it, it's already illegal in virtually every state in the US, and many other countries besides.

It's also illegal to use a cell phone without a hands free set in virtually every state in the country.

It's also illegal to eat a cheeseburger, change a diaper, or juggle chainsaws while driving.



But, VeeDubb65, what do you mean it's already illegal? I've never heard of a law that made it illegal to drive while eating a cheeseburger or juggling chainsaws!!

It's called "driving while encumbered."

Just about every state already has laws on the books that make it illegal to do ANYTHING that could get in the way of your hands while operating a motor vehicle.

We don't need a new law to make it illegal. We need cops to start enforcing the laws that are on the books.

IMO, the same goes for beating somebody to death because of the color of their skin. There's no need to pass a law making it a crime, because it's already illegal to beat somebody to death.

It would be like passing a law that made it a criminal act to commit burglary while wearing a green fedora.

My mea culpa--I sometimes text while driving, but at the same time I recognize it's a very risky thing to do. A recently released study concluded texting while driving results in a 23-fold increase in the likeihood of having an accident. It's also been evaluated as being equivalent to driving with an .08 BAC, which constitutes drunk driving in many states. Unless it's made illegal more people, like me, will continue to do it. Just human nature, I guess.
I say make it illegal-like drunk driving, and over time more and more people will stop, just like attitudes towards drinking and driving evolved as the laws became stricter and society took note...

Originally Posted by billyjeff2

Unless it's made illegal more people, like me, will continue to do it. Just human nature, I guess.

Why don't you go ahead and make it a personal law and get a head start on your own safety?

As long as i can still text while riding, i'm good....

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