Study: 1 In 3 Americans Text And Drive

[AtheistCrusader]

129. So let's weigh risks.

We'll need values for things like, how risky it is to pull out of, and into traffic for those that pull over to make a call or receive a text.
We'll also need to weigh the risks of banning it, which encourages bad behaviors like holding the phone down out of line of sight.

How about night time driving versus day time driving? Driving at night doubles your chances of being involved in a crash. Should we enact a night time curfew? I would think that a factor that DOUBLES the number of crashes might be bigger than ONE of several elements of distracted driving (a category responsible for the most crashes).

"You are a risk taker, and I stand by my initial assessment given your communication here. Furthermore, you are one of those individuals who is increasing risk for others not just yourself while driving because you erroneously have faith in your own superiority take risky actions (in your case texting) while driving."

Do you drive after dark? If so, I similarly judge you a 'risk taker'.

You just don't recognize it like I do. I don't consider myself infallible. If you read this thread, you'd note that I keep the receipt/send of texts to a minimum, and take steps to do it as safely as possible. If you are going to take the position that NO text is safe to send/receive while driving, then I can fairly take a similar position on something like driving after dark, or driving at all.