A new law came out about not being able to use your cell phones and driving; this is especially pointed towards texting and driving. I think that it should be a personal option and this law should be abolished. There are a few reasons:
1. We already have so many distractions in the car. There are screaming children in the back seat, talking to people in the car, we change the radio station constantly, and adjusting the heat. With all these distractions, does using your cell phone really make a difference? I think not.
2. If you can't text and drive don't. People should know their limits. I for one know where all the letters are on the phone and don't even have to look when I'm texting. If one has to look down the whole time and search for each letter, I would suggest listening to the law.
3. Things come up. Sometimes there's traffic and you need to call and let someone know you'll be late. Sometimes you know you're going to be late for your curfew. These are definately times that you should be able to use your cell phone.
4. Everyone does it anyway. It might not seem like an excuse, but it is. I was driving home today and can't tell you the number of people that I saw talking to themselves (including me). No one listens to this law, since it is rediculous. It's either those people were talking on their phones or singing along to the radio...I think it was their phones.
Extreme Texting
By pkubik08 - Posted on March 19th, 2008
Tagged: Cell phones
• distractions
• driving
• safe driving
• texting
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Yes, but if the topic you're discussing on the phone is so important that it absolutely cannot wait until you can safely pull over, then it's probably going to have more of your attention than driving. There's no need to pose an extra risk. Many accidents have been happening that result in fatalities of innocent parties due to texting while driving. I don't believe that you can find your phone, press every button required to draft a text, and type and send the text without ever taking your full concentration off of driving. Just because someone is late for his or her curfew doesn't mean that my children and I should have to drive on the same road as someone who is texting instead of paying attention to what'd going on. As for already having distractions in the car, this is true, and we definitely don't need to add legally protected texting to the mix.
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If something that youre textin gis important then just call the person. and dont put other people and yourself, nonetheless, in danger. and if youre at astop then go ahead text real fast but im sure that being safe on the road is more important then texting.
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I think you mean that texting is not more important than safe driving...
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