Obama Bans Federal Employees from Texting and Driving
Leave your damn phone alone and drive your car.
It's not that hard to do. I am a phone geek just as the rest of you, but I only text at red lights. Do you know how dangerous it is? Leave your phone alone and send a tweet later. It's not that big of a deal.
This is why the NTSB says 13 people die every minute on US roadways. Think about that.
and Leave your damn CD's alone, too. Grow up.
This is why the NTSB says 13 people die every minute on US roadways. Think about that.
and Leave your damn CD's alone, too. Grow up.
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I can agree with banning texting and driving, but certainly not talking on a bluetooth headset and driving. Are they also going to ban talking to the passengers in your vehicle as well?
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Independent studies have shown that the concentration needed to drive safely on today's roads is great enough that holding a conversation over the phone can easily distract you into crashing. You only have so much concentration you can use, and you need all of it when driving. If you talk on the phone, you have to divide your concentration to one or the other.
If you concentrate on driving, people wonder why it takes you so loooong to answer when they ask something, and lots of repeats because you "missed what they said".
If you concentrate on the conversation, you can easily veer off course, drive faster than you intend to, or not notice the person in front just tried to swoop and squat you until it is too late.
If you are texting ...
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If you concentrate on driving, people wonder why it takes you so loooong to answer when they ask something, and lots of repeats because you "missed what they said".
If you concentrate on the conversation, you can easily veer off course, drive faster than you intend to, or not notice the person in front just tried to swoop and squat you until it is too late.
If you are texting ...
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And here comes the tricker. Can you concentrate on two things simultaneously, full concentration?
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Touche'
All joking aside though, what if you text and walk? Then you walk right into traffic and get hit by a vehicle due to your lack of attention or lack of the drivers attention (ie had a bad day at work, wife/husband cheated on them, family death, etc.) Should they ban cell phone use all together?
All joking aside though, what if you text and walk? Then you walk right into traffic and get hit by a vehicle due to your lack of attention or lack of the drivers attention (ie had a bad day at work, wife/husband cheated on them, family death, etc.) Should they ban cell phone use all together?
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There are people that can't chew gum and walk as well. The way the law is set up the driver has to be mindful of the mindless pedestrian that wanders out in the middle of the highway, as drivers have to yield to pedestrians. No matter what.
If you're texting on your car and you ram someone that is texting while standing in the middle of the road, the driver gets the blame for not paying attention. Even though the texting pedestrian should have known better.
If you're texting on your car and you ram someone that is texting while standing in the middle of the road, the driver gets the blame for not paying attention. Even though the texting pedestrian should have known better.
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