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Next up to revoke: seatbelt laws, drunk driving laws, and licenses.
what bull .AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry vetoed legislation on Friday that would have banned texting while driving because he views it as "a government effort to micromanage the behavior of adults."
Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...#ixzz1QDo00pR3
Next up to revoke: seatbelt laws, drunk driving laws, and licenses.
yes, those are too invasive, tbhNext up to revoke: seatbelt laws, drunk driving laws, and licenses.
Unlike mandatory ultrasounds. I hope the Governor was wearing a neck brace when he said that."a government effort to micromanage the behavior of adults."
, maybe we need the neck braces. You could get whiplash just watchin.
i don't live in texas, so i don't know much about this guy.
he can't make the right call on something as simple as this....and he's going to run for president?
this country is truly ed.
The really frightening thing is that he will be a strong campaigner if he runs...and I have always believed he was intending to run for President. If he weren't, he would have kept his word to Kay Bailey Hutchinson and given up the gubernatorial position in favor of her senate seat. He had promised her that if she didn't run against him the election before this most recent one, he wouldn't run again in and she could have the shot at being governor, which is what she wanted. The guy is a sleazebucket.
People, even lots of Republicans, don't really like the guy. It is a statement of how much this state is a one-party state that he keeps getting reelected. The dems can't seem to run a decent candidate for governor, so the Republican gets in pretty much by default. I think the national democratic party gave up on Texas years ago and has just conceded all state elections here.
The guy hasn't really accomplished a blasted thing that is useful for the state, but he takes credit for everything good that has happened and blames someone else for the whatever goes wrong.
Yeah it really doesn't make sense not to pass this law and make everyone stop texting while driving for the public good. Legislating human behavior has worked so well in every other case, why wouldn't it work in this case. I for one am glad everyone wears their seatbelt, doesn't use drugs, doesn't drive drunk etc. etc. It's a shame Perry doesn't care about protecting us from the damn text addicts.
wtf?
This woman nearly sideswiped me this morning at 70mph on I10. She was in a little Audi sports car convertible. We were running side by side and I wouldn't have even known she was texting and not paying attention to driving if I hadn't been checking out her magnificent rack LOL.
exactly.
"emergency item""Every life lost to abortion is a tragedy we all must work together to prevent," said Perry, who had designated the measure an "emergency" item this session. "This important bill will ensure that every Texas woman seeking an abortion has all the facts about the life she is carrying and understands the devastating impact of such a life-changing decision."
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/05...#ixzz1QE5N6RNn
so it's possible that you were the one that nearly sideswiped her.
So, let's get this straight, you're FOR texting while driving, even though there's numerous studies that have been done that show it increases the risk of accidents?
Or perhaps you think we should just eliminate those laws against drunk driving, drugs, etc etc since people use them anyways?
You are such a dumbass. Didn't you get that it was a self-deprecating joke?
this post is funnier than your joke.
Not sure how you come away with me being FOR texting while driving. Are there any activities that increase the risk of accidents that you don't think should be outlawed?
Instead of constantly making little laws to make everyone a "crimminal" maybe we should just get it over with and pass a law declaring everyone a crimminal and requiring that we all pay an annual fine to make ammends for the "crimes" we commit in the course of living our daily lives.
lol "crimminal"
It's a form of reckless driving. More dangerous than drinking and driving imo.
I nearly went off the road a few times back when I was a traveling salesman. I don't recommend it, and I don't do it anymore.
( 'cept sometimes)
These two posts seemingly make no sense together. On one hand you're agreeing that texting while driving should be banned, and on the other, you're facetiously suggesting that there are too many laws inhibiting what we can do.
Of course I can come up with other things that would increase the risk of accidents, for instance, driving while blindfolded. But I'm pretty sure that texting while driving is slightly more prevalent, hence the need for a law banning it.
So are many other activities. Wanna outlaw them all?
You're a danger to society!( 'cept sometimes)
And that was a painfully weak attempt at a save on a stupid post.
That's a dumb position to take. You could use the same logic to argue that driving under the influence should be legal, that driving without a license should be legal, etc etc. After all, you can't outlaw everything!
The question seems to be, is the problem widespread enough to where society needs to take active measures to stop/counter it. In the case of texting while driving, I'd argue yes.
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