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107. OK, so you think texting

Reply to rwork (Reply #103)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 05:20 PM

Apr 2014

at 44 MPH is just fine?

I sure hope you're kidding.

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U.S.'s Amazing New 'Don't Text and Drive' Ad Will Leave You Shaking [View all] Unknown Beatle Apr 2014 OP

We need more ads like that. NutmegYankee Apr 2014 #1

Every day when I drive to work, I see at least one person texting and driving, bulloney Apr 2014 #2

I barely made it through an intersection yesterday- callous taoboy Apr 2014 #3

Several months ago I was rear ended by a girl texting while driving. argyl Apr 2014 #4

I drove 18 wheelers all my life. Looking down I've seen it all, B Calm Apr 2014 #5

I saw an idiot riding his bicycle and texting once. hobbit709 Apr 2014 #6

They do that all the time here in Japan Art_from_Ark Apr 2014 #127

We need to ban texting, period customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #7

Good luck with that. Why not just ban cellphones altogether while you're at it? morningfog Apr 2014 #10

Actually there is a way to do it nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #47

My GPS is through my phone and I hear it through my Bluetooth headset. WillowTree Apr 2014 #93

The phone can have SMS disabled and phone disabled nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #95

I just love it when people respond to my posts....... WillowTree Apr 2014 #99

Funny, I read your post and I responded to your post, nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #100

You can actually talk on a cellphone customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #58

Yes, we should base all our laws on the one percent that are idiots. CBGLuthier Apr 2014 #13

"at least one percent of those operating cars are incompetent"? I'd say more like at least 25%. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2014 #42

You make a good point customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #59

TOO MUCH MONEY to be made...TRUST ME. HUbby works for the BIGGEST Ecumenist Apr 2014 #76

And they don't make scads of money customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #79

Customer. you know that you charged MUCH MORE for DATA than talk Ecumenist Apr 2014 #85

I wouldn't know customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #87

Customer, we get a concession and we pretty much have free service BUT guess what.. Ecumenist Apr 2014 #89

Thank you customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #108

SMS is old school, we are moving forward with IM&P on a new product snooper2 Apr 2014 #91

Sounds invasive customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #109

What the hell you talking about, I'm GenX baby! snooper2 Apr 2014 #116

Well, then you should know customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #119

It depends on the plan malokvale77 Apr 2014 #126

THEN, MALOKVALE, if you only have 200MB DATA.... Ecumenist Apr 2014 #128

I genuinely can't tell if you're joking, or just insane. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #96

Why do you think I'm joking? customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #106

Because it's such an absurd (and illiberal) suggestion. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #111

The video in the OP customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #114

It's not one percent Warpy Apr 2014 #101

Lol, and take those darn new fangled radios out of cars too they distract people!!! Nt Logical Apr 2014 #20

Why do you think customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #60

The obliviots are the ones who use a post-hoc-ergo-prompter-hoc fallacy to validate their low-grade LanternWaste Apr 2014 #29

And the pretentious customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #61

Here is where SMS will be invaluable nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #97

True customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #105

I frankly don't think it is that addictive nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #110

We should ban people too! IronLionZion Apr 2014 #31

How about if we just pipi_k Apr 2014 #32

You'll pry my thumbs from my cold, dead hands kcr Apr 2014 #37

Or just require that the smartphone disable all ..... oldhippie Apr 2014 #33

There could be a manual override with a password. Kablooie Apr 2014 #39

You don't know many teenagers/twenty-somethings, do you? WillowTree Apr 2014 #94

I sure do. Kablooie Apr 2014 #104

Remove the vanity mirrors now! L0oniX Apr 2014 #35

Having them on the driver's side customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #62

With gps phones could sense when they are moving. Kablooie Apr 2014 #38

The technology to do this nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #48

The ultimate would be for the phone to sense ... Kablooie Apr 2014 #52

Very true, but what do you do with british cars? nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #65

My phone already knows when I am driving Egnever Apr 2014 #129

What about the passengers Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #40

see my reply to Nadin above. Kablooie Apr 2014 #53

The driver sensor? Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #57

Let's ban radios and mirrors too. Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #41

See my reply above customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #63

no frylock Apr 2014 #44

It's just a matter of time customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #64

79 people die every day as a result of prescription drug overdose.. frylock Apr 2014 #70

False comparison customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #71

i don't text and drive.. frylock Apr 2014 #75

And one other thing customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #78

you seem to presume a lot.. frylock Apr 2014 #81

Well, we'll communicate again customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #83

A better option obxhead Apr 2014 #112

That would take a long time to fully implement customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #115

I'm sure some people said the very same thing when the phone was invented. obxhead Apr 2014 #117

I find that a poor comparison customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #118

If we take away everything people misuse that cause injury or death obxhead Apr 2014 #120

It's a balance between risk and reward customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #121

people also crash while sending emails and driving. obxhead Apr 2014 #122

Very true customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #123

Well that's exactly in line with what I original ally proposed. obxhead Apr 2014 #124

it goes beyond texting - putting on make-up/shaving, eating, reading, pets in the driver's lap DrDan Apr 2014 #8

Smoking! nt Logical Apr 2014 #18

Actually you CAN smoke and drive... Whiskeytide Apr 2014 #30

Long long ago... pipi_k Apr 2014 #34

! dionysus Apr 2014 #45

Anything like The Dude smoking weed and drink beer in the car while driving neverforget Apr 2014 #80

Big danger... Eleanors38 Apr 2014 #113

practice the trumpet with the notes on one's knees ... MisterP Apr 2014 #43

While all of that is true customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #66

How to fix it! Uben Apr 2014 #9

Is that even possible? I would also worry about the inability to make emergency calls. morningfog Apr 2014 #12

Ever heard of passengers? CBGLuthier Apr 2014 #14

If a passenger customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #67

better solution: if you don't like to text then don't text frylock Apr 2014 #72

I don't text customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #77

apparently you don't read either.. frylock Apr 2014 #82

I did not see that post customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #84

Pulling over and parking in the emergency lane is a terrible suggestion. If B Calm Apr 2014 #16

Terrible idea. Nt Logical Apr 2014 #17

problem; it's legal to talk on the phone whiledriving if you use a headset or bluetooth. dionysus Apr 2014 #46

Yeah, what about passengers Politicalboi Apr 2014 #54

Warning: SevenSixtyTwo Apr 2014 #11

that is a powerful ad .. this is one that really got to me. littlewolf Apr 2014 #15

Interesting VWolf Apr 2014 #21

That is a british add nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #49

I don't think it's a stereotype. Glassunion Apr 2014 #55

Thanks n/t VWolf Apr 2014 #90

THAT one is devastating. Holy crap. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2014 #26

One of the best PSAs on the subject ever made nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #50

I was waiting for her to Politicalboi Apr 2014 #56

This does no good... RoccoR5955 Apr 2014 #19

Oh I disagree .. the police will enforce the law if for no other reason littlewolf Apr 2014 #22

But the police are highly trained driving experts. They can handle distractions... Glassunion Apr 2014 #36

It is against poiicy for local officers to drive and text nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #51

From what I've observed customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #68

K&R n/t Feral Child Apr 2014 #23

I drive my daughter to school and often drive to work on surface streets in Chicago alcibiades_mystery Apr 2014 #24

Here in MA law say no texting while engine in gear...so that applies to stopped at a red FailureToCommunicate Apr 2014 #27

That's the law here, too alcibiades_mystery Apr 2014 #28

That's nice customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #69

Good idea. Under 18 does lose their licence in MA, and have to complete a course on consequences FailureToCommunicate Apr 2014 #73

Good for you customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #74

Powerful ad all right. But the policeman should have said "It just might have saved FailureToCommunicate Apr 2014 #25

This is as much an ad for police pulling over people they think might have been texting as it is Taitertots Apr 2014 #86

And why would a cop suspect that? customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #88

I see where you are coming from, however that would lead to Glassunion Apr 2014 #92

This is distracted driving month nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #98

I was run off the freeway by a guy talking on his cellphone. lob1 Apr 2014 #102

The app rwork Apr 2014 #103

OK, so you think texting customerserviceguy Apr 2014 #107

I have enough trouble texting when I'm just sitting at home Rhiannon12866 Apr 2014 #125

I see people driving on the intertate highways glancing from road to phone and back. Skip Intro Apr 2014 #130