Senate Seeking Ways to Coax States to Adopt Texting Ban
can someone please produce statistics...
can anyone produce statistics on % of crashes caused by someone texting? the problem is we as humans have really bad brain computers for wrapping our heads around risk and the actual probablity of you getting in an accident due to X, Y, or Z. Has anyone hit YOU because they were texting? I bet if we polled these forums there would be very few if any who have. even if we did any such poll would be skewed and hearsay anyway.
it sounds good right? ban driving texters!!! rawr! heck i think people are morons for texting while driving. frankly no skin off my back if people are or are not allowed to text in the car. it will only accelerate voice control as a standard technology. but i think people get on these silly crusades without any real und...
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it sounds good right? ban driving texters!!! rawr! heck i think people are morons for texting while driving. frankly no skin off my back if people are or are not allowed to text in the car. it will only accelerate voice control as a standard technology. but i think people get on these silly crusades without any real und...
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Statistics can be used to support both sides of the debate, so in the end they are useless.
The obvious solution to the problem is simple but you will never hear it proposed. If you want to make driving safer you raise the legal driving age from 16 to 18. You make driving tests mandatory for anyone 65 or older.
The idea that a 16 year old can be licensed to drive a 2 ton piece of machinery down the highway after what amounts to very little training is frightening. The same can be said for senior citizens who no longer have the hand/eye coordination necessary to handle cars in heavy traffic. If you did those 2 things the roads would be safer and insurance rates would drop, but it will never happen.
The obvious solution to the problem is simple but you will never hear it proposed. If you want to make driving safer you raise the legal driving age from 16 to 18. You make driving tests mandatory for anyone 65 or older.
The idea that a 16 year old can be licensed to drive a 2 ton piece of machinery down the highway after what amounts to very little training is frightening. The same can be said for senior citizens who no longer have the hand/eye coordination necessary to handle cars in heavy traffic. If you did those 2 things the roads would be safer and insurance rates would drop, but it will never happen.
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