Thread: Outlaw Texting while driving ?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Most states have even the lesser charge of inattentive driving on the books so this is just another feel good in front of the cameras laws....

i thought the same thing. there should be existing laws to use but this one makes for good PR.

PS i think it is very dangerous to text while driving, and the reason i think this is that i have done it before while i was smart enough to do it while no one else was on the road, i was also smart enough to realize that it isn't safe.

I think it's already covered in the UK by existing laws, but of course it's good PR for a government to pass superfluous 'extra' laws especially when it's a topic of the day.

They should ban texting while walking too... then you wouldn't get so many silly girls fall down a manhole.


(No I will NOT give it up!)

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

voted YES

crazy crazy drivers

I also vote for confiscation of the device + $ fine.

+1 to that. BIG $ fine

I thk texting while bhind the wheel is asking fr truble. Mst go. Am browsing forum & negotiating rush hr traffic @ same time.

Since people will not stop being stupid just on their own, a law to help them stop driving stupid is probably not a bad idea. Will it completely stop the idiots from doing stupid things? No. Would it be fine if the idiots would only kill themselves when doing stupid things behind the wheel? Certainly. Will we ever get that lucky? Nope.

In Minnesota we now have to wear seat belts if in the front seat of a vehicle. It is a primary offense if we don't and will result in a driver being pulled over and cited for that violation. It's pretty much a "if it's a good idea, it's the law" in Minnesota. But also in Minnesota if you are a motorcycle driver you don't need to wear a helmet. Go figure.

I once skirted an erratic driver who had a sheaf of papers in one hand and a calculator in the other. My comment to self went something like this, "my what an effective multi-tasker this driver is." ...Not so much.

Will a law help? Probably not. The ones who use the phones and other devices while driving are much too important and busy to be bothered with things like laws... and common sense.

Abso-freakin'-lutely! It's a serious hazard and drivers in this town are dumb enough.

Yesterday the family was cycling back from swimming at the community centre and I had my son in the Chariot Carrier trailer behind my bike. We were on a designated cycling route and about to cross a main street. We were waiting for these three tailgaters to pass when the first gets right up to us and signals a turn in the direction we're going so we wait for him. the second signals a turn in the direction we were coming from and the guy right behind him (and I mean right behind him) has his turn signal on too like he would follow the second car. That left the way clear for us so we started to cross. Well the last fellow didn't turn and slams on his brakes to a full stop calling through the passenger side window that we can't just drive out into traffic as we did. We needed to explain to him three times that he had mislead us because his turn signal was on before he understood. This sort of thing happens all the time here. Of all the places in Canada I've lived drivers are the stupidest here. They too often really are clueless. I do not want to see them with their cell phones too, especially texting.

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 am of the opinion that if you are not concentrating on the road, then you should not be driving. Lets face it you are driving a 3,000 pound bullet at 65 mph. Those do not exactly stop on a dime, or a tree, or a concrete divider.

I am for harsher penalties akin to DUI arrests. Drivers license suspensions and/or revocations, huge fines, confiscation of devices. What ever it takes to get the message through.