Study: 1 In 3 Americans Text And Drive

[AtheistCrusader]

127. Yet you still get behind the wheel of a car.

That in and of itself, is risky to yourself, and to others. You can't guarantee on a sunny, clear day, with total attention and focus, you can't cause an accident that harms someone else, either through mechanical failure of your vehicle, or through some sort of mistake on your part. You accept that risk to get from one place to another, faster.

I accept, on my terms, and within what I judge my own capability, a risk to communicate with people outside of my car. Yes, I will grant it is a risk.

But your argument is predicated upon a danger (and diminishing capacity over time as you age) that applies to driving a car AT ALL.

Someday my license will have to be surrendered or taken away, because my capacity will diminish too much for me to be an acceptable risk for society to allow me to drive on public roads.

Your entire argument is simply a second dimension of risk, that is identical to driving AT ALL. You simply approach it from the position of someone who doesn't text, and rates the risk of texting while driving, very high. Look at your decision to drive for the expediency of travel, from the perspective of someone who doesn't drive, and considers driving a risky thing.

It's just a slightly different position for the risk goalposts. That's all.