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It's a no brainer to ban texting while driving and the vetoed it. WTF?
The great thing about the Perry agenda is that tort reform goes some distance towards ensuring that those who choose to be irresponsible by texting while driving will avoid being micromanaged while also having a great chance to avoid any liability for that choice.
Freedom devoid of responsibility!
It's a no brainer to ban texting while driving and the vetoed it. WTF?
If it's going make someone kill me, yeah I do.
if your joke was an actual joke, it was painfully weak to start with.
This current conversation is much more entertaining.
Well make your case then, I'm not beyond changing my opinion. It would be great if you can put it in the context of these other dangerous activities provided by our wonderful govt...
Other distracting activities include:
•Using a cell phone
•Eating and drinking
•Talking to passengers
•Grooming
•Reading, including maps
•Using a PDA or navigation system
•Watching a video
•Changing the radio station, CD, or Mp3 player.
It was a subtle humorous reference to the fact that there are a lot of things that distract drivers. Should we make them all illegal?
•Using a cell phone hands free only tbh
•Eating and drinking not a problem
•Talking to passengers not a problem
•Grooming instances can probably fall under reckless driving
•Reading, including maps sure, outlaw that
•Using a PDA or navigation system PDA? Absolutely ban it. Depends on the navigation system.
•Watching a video The driver? yes ban that .
•Changing the radio station, CD, or Mp3 player. not a problem
In the context of all the others, texting is probably takes the most attention of any of these activities and is the least defensible. I'd have to look around for it, but a study showed it's the equivalent of driving well above the legal limit of intoxication.
looks like bubba supports this .
Talking about me? I'm ambivalent. I don't do it. I hate it when others do it. I'm just not ready to make it illegal. It's the same as that stupid law about not talking on your cell phone in a school zone... , you are already driving only 20mph.
CosmicCowboy supports ogling while driving
I guess you're going to have to change your position on that one.
•Using a cell phone use while driving, whether it’s hand-held or hands-free, delays a driver's reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent. (Source: University of Utah)
Great.
Texting is even worse.
not talking about you.
If talking on a hands free cell phone is the equivalent of driving drunk then it stands to reason that talking to a passenger in the vehicle is equally dangerous. Ban It! For the good of society Ban It!
Texting is worse.
maybe bubba doesn't know the difference between texting and talking.
No way. Not sure a fine is the answer here, and it's another official pretext for stopping motorists. OTOH, it is very dangerous.
So is everyone. Ordinary life is risky.
do you believe drunk driving should be not be banned?
Well, using a cell phone is prohibited in many areas as well for the same reason (it's prohibited on Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam); it's a distraction to the driver. But at least you can talk on the phone without taking your eyes off the road.
Talking to passengers is a distraction, but the passengers are active riders in the car as well. If a person driving isn't paying attention, the passengers will usually let them know. Also, there's no realistic way that would ever be outlawed.
It should be pretty obvious that one shouldn't also be allowed to read while driving, and I would like to think that if a cop saw such, they would pull the person over for reckless driving. However, that falls under the "driving while blindfolded" example I gave earlier; I don't think it's prevalent enough to need a law. Grooming is under the same category.
I know many cars nowadays won't allow one to interact with a GPS or video system if the car is in drive. That is a very risky activity. That said, I think texting is worse in many cases, because kids nowadays tend to be texting not just quick notes, but holding conversations through text, greatly increasing the amt of time spent doing something other than paying attention to the road.
Finally, time spent changing the radio station, CD or MP3 player is minimal at best, and usually involves an off hand.
Statistics on driving while texting:
http://www.intellicorp.net/marketing...tatistics.aspx
That study referenced again here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n5274193.shtmlDue to advancements in technology, texting while driving is on the rise and is increasing day by day. A study by Virginia Tech Driving Ins ute revealed that those who resort to texting while driving are 23 time more likely to meet with an accident. According to a report by the National Safety Council, 28 percent of car accidents are caused by talking or texting while driving. In another recent survey, 26 percent of cell phone users said that they have texted while driving. According to the Department of Transportation cell phones are involved in 1.6 million accidents a year, causing half a million injuries and 6,000 deaths.
A recently released study</B> (PDF) by the VirginiaTech Transportation Ins ute found that truck drivers who were texting were 23 times more at risk of a "crash or near crash event" than "nondistracted driving." As per talking on a cell phone, the same study found no increased risk for truck drivers and 1.3 times the risk for car drivers. There was considerably more risk associated with dialing while driving. The ins ute's Richard Hanowski acknowledges that the numbers are likely to be different with car drivers. As reported</B> by CNET's Jennifer Guevin, the study also found that "texting took a driver's focus away from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds--enough time...to travel the length of a football field at 55 mph."
Another study:
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/09/...hs-in-6-years/
The University of North Texas Health Science Center has looked at traffic data from the Fatality Accident Reporting System and texting data from the FCC and CTIA, and — after some hefty number crunching — has come to the conclusion that texting while driving is responsible for accidents that claimed 16,141 lives during the period of 2001 – 2007.
Most experts tend to believe it's a bad thing to do while driving. And prevalent enough to create a law banning it.
freedom devoid of responsibility is an agenda followed by more than just Perry unfortunately.
Good job Rick, less government intrusion. Keep it up.
Underfunding education by 4 billion....check
Proposing secession from the union...check
Not protecting drivers from texters...check
Making a complete ass of himself in the political arena...check
She didn't nearly sideswipe you because she was driving while texting but because she was driving while woman
Micromanage the behavior of adults, huh? He could easily say the same thing about more than a handful of the laws he's supported due to his fake ass conservative appeals to his voting base.
It's so half ass for him to veto this when if he let it pass then he'd only be upsetting the complete ing idiots that text while they drive. He's a ing idiot too, no chance at the Presidency. None.
Notice he said adults, so no one could call him on forcing the HPV vaccinations on kids and the $360 per female child cost on the taxpayers.
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