View Poll Results: Should texting while driving be made illegal ?

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  1. 07-31-2009, 09:17 AM #31
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    Living in Thailand I would love to see a law over here making texting while driving illegal. The official possition on texting and driving is that it is ok because Thais are better drivers than in the rest of the world. This is backed up by the circumstantial evidence of people who say they text and drive regularly but are not dead yet.
    Of course if they did have such a law over here they would also need a police force that could enforce the law, not just a bunch of corrupt criminals in police uniforms who can not even direct traffic.
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  2. 07-31-2009, 01:37 PM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by billyjeff2 View Post
    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?
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  3. 07-31-2009, 01:55 PM #33
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    As long as i can still text while riding, i'm good....

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  • 07-31-2009, 02:03 PM #34
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    I view driving as a full time activity, requiring that the driver pay full time attention to what they are doing. Even something that seems simple, like changing a CD (something that I've done), can hinder your reaction time considerably.

    I try to keep calm about it, but I'll confess to all of you that sometimes I think that:

    texting while driving,
    applying make-up while driving,
    reading a newspaper while driving,
    flossing/brushing your teeth while driving,
    "add anything you've seen here...",

    should carry an immediately enforceable death penalty.

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  • 07-31-2009, 02:16 PM #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by Black Adder View Post

    texting while driving,
    applying make-up while driving,
    reading a newspaper while driving,
    flossing/brushing your teeth while driving,
    "add anything you've seen here...",

    should carry an immediately enforceable death penalty.

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  • 08-01-2009, 11:52 PM #36
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    texting while driving is impossible, and so is enforcing it if you outlaw it.
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