NHTSA Suggests States Ban Texting and Driving

Everyone should read this:

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/09q2/texting_wh ... »

For those out there that choose not to read it, Car & Driver is doing a very basic experiment in a closed course: Drive in a straight line & keep a look out for a red light that is placed over the dash under the windshield that the passenger will activate. This red light will illuminate & represent a vehicle braking in front of the driver.

The experiment records the results of normal driving conditions (i.e. no distractions, good weather), then proceeds to driving while texting, then driving while legally drunk.

Now, if a driver can't even perform a basic stop because of a distraction, then that person should not be driving. Why risk someone's else life (or lives) just because of a simple text? A text isn't going anywhere & there is no text ON EARTH that NEEDS a reply that quickly while driving. If it truly was an emergency, the other party would actually pick up the phone AND CALL.

If you still think its ok to text & drive, check out this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd0acDRFEMY »

Yeah, i get that you can't stop everyone from texting while driving, its a bad habit that has caught on world wide. However, there also has to be a starting point to curb this bad habit. If billboards with messages won't do the job, if televised campaigns won't do the trick, then maybe people will think twice when their personal finances come into play. No one wants a ticket, yet everyone feels like they can strut around saying "oh i live the way i want to live because its a free country". Yeah, it is a free country & i am grateful for that, but what gives the next person the right to endanger my life over a reply to a text message?

Can't wait for the HTC Bravo!