by canbfrisky on July 5th, 2010

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Should texting while driving be made illegal ? What about using your cell phone while driving?

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by gtravels loves her life penguin on July 5th, 2010

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Yes and yes. The only thing you should be doing while driving is driving.
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- but what about reading a book or applying make-up or punishing your kids or playing chess or all of the above at once?
  
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  by YoungBoy231 on July 6th, 2010
- Yeah. Those would be okay. As long as you were eating a meatball sub at the same time;)
  
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by The Chief on July 6th, 2010

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You know, there shouldn't HAVE to be specific laws having to deal with texting while driving, or any of the other cr*p people do while driving.

People who get behind the wheel of a car are supposed to be in TOTAL CONTROL of several thousands of pounds of steel and plastic at ANY speed. (OK, three pounds, 7 1/2 ounces for those stupid Smart cars).

The consequences of losing control of such a vehicle may be pretty d*mn severe. That's why we have things like Drivers Education courses, driver's exams, and Drivers Licenses.

If people cannnot drive responsibly, take the priviledge away from them.
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- I totally agree...Good answer.
  
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- Thank you!
  
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by nimby on July 5th, 2010

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The same centre in the brain for judging spatial issues - vital when "reading the road" driving, are used by the speech centres.
Using a cellphone is a major distraction, and nobody who is serious about road safety would do it, hands free kit or not, unless it was an emergency.
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- So, do you think drivers should discourage their passengers from talking?
  
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  by kassie1990 on March 24th, 2011
- @kassie - Drivers don't have to listen constantly while the passengers are talking. Imagine you're going down the interstate at 70 mph. You need to merge right two lanes before you can make an exit, but there are some cars in the way. Are you going to continue your conversation about football at the same moment that you attempt to merge?
  
  Now imagine looking at a cell phone and trying to text at that moment.
  
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- Most passengers will appreciate if a situation requiring more attention from the driver is developing, and shut up.
  
  A person on the other end of the phone has no idea.
  
  It's illegal in my country, following several deaths over the years.
  
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  by nimby on March 24th, 2011
- Speaking while driving should be illegal then.
  
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  by TheGrimReefer on March 25th, 2011
- I should hope that no one would be texting during that moment. I should also hope that anyone talking on their cell phone would have the sense to pause the conversation while they make the lane change. I suppose some people don't, though.
  
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by marley13 on July 7th, 2010

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Yes for both all the way. We shouldn't be distracted by anything while we are operating 2-ton objects that could crush the guts out of someone.
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- Couldn't agree more...Well Put!
  
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- Thank you very much! You have a great week, as well!
  
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by The Anonymous Witch on July 5th, 2010

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it is in Canada
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by Prunesquallor on July 5th, 2010

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It is illegal in the UK.
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by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 5th, 2010

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In California it is illegal to use a cell phone that you need to hold in your hands. If you have earphones that's fine. Texting while driving is suicide or homicide. You either get killed or kill..at least that is the potential dark end of that road. Why people are so addicted to the toy I have no idea. Why they are willing to harm themselves or others because of that addiction I also don't know. I suppose it is analogous to being a drug addict, alcoholic or sex addict. You know better but are impotent to control yourself. Aaarrrggghhh! :( Happy Monday cbf! :)
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- Happy Monday back! And I agree with your answer 100% This is part of "Technological-Dualism...theres the positive part of having the ability to use these devices - convenience,ease of readily available conversation - And people getting hurt and killed due to their usage.This "down-side" is far too great to take likely...Make it illegal in all 50 States. And a fairly stiff fine for thos who are caught.Take care Rosie!
  
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- Thank you cbf and Happy Tuesday my friend! :)
  
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by AvtomatKalashnikov on July 5th, 2010

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Yes to both. While u are driving, the only thing that needs your attention is the road.
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by Phrenia on July 5th, 2010

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Texting while driving, seemingly common sense, but definitely should be illegal especially if you live in a state like California where talking on your cell phone while driving is illegal.
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- which should be illegal in every state and heavily enforced.
  a few years ago during a major ice storm, with thick layers of ice coating the streets, i was standing at a bus stop on a major road, watching cars slipping and sliding along at like 5 miles an hour.
  about a third of the drivers were driving one handed while talking on their cell phones. This was in an icy road, unsalted yet and packed with rush hour traffic and going down a 7 to 10 degree incline//hill
  
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  by Defective_Brain on July 12th, 2010
- That is ridiculous. People are shabby drivers when they talk on their phones in normal conditions on basic roads, but in unfavorable conditions like that? Makes you wonder what goes through their minds. . .
  
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by -Slick- on July 6th, 2010

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It's illegal here In California, that was brought into law about two years ago, the only way you can talk on a cell phone while driving, is to use a handsfree set(blue-tooth) even that is still somewhat of distraction. I've known a few people who have got tickets for talking, or texting on there cell phones while driving, my brother being one of them, he was fined 150 dollars for it. Over all it's not worth it. Your at risk of hitting somebody, or getting into a accident.
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- I agree 100%. But now in CA we have to worry if someone with dandruff is high on medicinal pot!
  
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by Vixen on July 5th, 2010

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In Australia it is illegal. You can only talk on your phone using hands free.
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by Want To Sleep With A Miner on July 5th, 2010

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Texting yes, but you should be allowed to talk if you've got numbers on one touch dialing.
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by Speed1962 on March 24th, 2011
Where is the poll???
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by axiom90 on March 23rd, 2011
I refuse to get into the car with one of my friend's who texts and drives. She has no idea what a bad driver she is because she doesn't ever see how close to crashing she gets because she's too busy texting. Then she gets mad at me when I grab the wheel to prevent us from crashing. "I've got this!" she yells, but I have saved us on more than one occasion.

Texting and driving is one of those things where you don't only put yourself at risk, but others as well. If it was only yourself that you were putting at risk, then let it be legal, but as long as others could die because of you, it should be illegal. Like having to wear a seatbelt shouldn't be a law, but it is here, which is stupid. But texting should definitely be illegal.
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- I could have written the same thing. I have a friend who is a marginal driver at best, and now that she has a phone she feels the need to call and text her kids. I won't ride with her anymore. Either I drive, or I don't go. I don't want to die because of someone else's inattention.
  
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by Stormarm on March 23rd, 2011
I live in Thailand. People texting and phoning while driving is the least of my worries on the road. Given how badly, recklessly, and often drunkenly Thais drive when they're supposedly paying attention, being distracted might actually make for a marked improvement: they at least would be less likely to be speeding, weaving through traffic, cutting people off, pulling out without looking, taking shortcuts through parking lots, drive-throughs, and sidewalks, cutting across 8 lanes in 100 feet to get to their exit, backing-up in the slow-lane for a mile or more to get to their turn-off, taking their hands off the wheel and eyes of the road to turn and Wai to every idol and temple along the road, and all the other crazy things they do.

But as to my answer ...

For texting? Only if the person is in an accident while doing so, and they are at fault. Texting should then be treated as contributory negligence.

Otherwise, where there is no victim there is no crime. All "laws" to the contrary are just a disguised and corrupt revenue generation scheme of petty tyrants.

For cell phones? No. That's stupid. You might as well make it illegal to listen to the radio or fiddle with the dial while driving, or to be having a conversation with a passenger. Also, if that's made illegal, then cops, truckers, and EMTs shouldn't be able to use the CB while driving either. (But if you're driving a stick, and aren't using a hands-free phone, AND you cause an accident while on the phone, then there should be additional legal and civil penalties.)
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by Scotslass on February 26th, 2011
Here in Scotland just about everything except driving is illegal in cars!
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- You'd be OK doing this - as long as it was dark.
  
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by Brian I on February 26th, 2011
It is in most places, although if people had a bit more common sense it wouldn't have been necessary to pass the law.
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by Patti jo on March 23rd, 2011
Yes , you can't concentrate on the road , while fussing or chating on the phone ! You have to many different emotions going on at one time and that causes accidents
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by Shunyata on February 26th, 2011
it is illegal in many states. IMO it is insane to engage in such activities while driving
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- In a city heck ya its friggin nuts, where i live is a diffrent story, only thing i could hit is a pothole in the dirt road, its still illegal in my state.
  
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by bigfoot48 on March 25th, 2011
YES IT SHOULD ALL BE ILLEGAL
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by pancake09 on March 25th, 2011
I believe it should be illegal. Multiple accidents are caused by texting drivers. I feel bad for any driver that hits me while texting (there will be pain) lol. =) Driving is not a need it is a want. Other people should not be put a risk because you are too vain and selfish to pull over and text or call while driving.
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by CthulhuAndYou on March 24th, 2011
Yes. Simple as that.
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by coffeeshop on March 23rd, 2011
Don't text and drive. It's just (un)common sense.
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by CorruptedInnocence on March 23rd, 2011
I text and drive so no it shouldn't be
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- I kill people, so murder shouldn't be illegal. -_-
  
  I'm not trying to be mean, but seriously, there's not much logic in "Well, I do it, therefore it should be legal".
  
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  by coffeeshop on March 23rd, 2011
- At least that line didn't read:
  
  "I text and drive so no it shouohshittttt------ow, ow, ouch, ow, ow
  oh shit, no! no!! nooooooo!!!!! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" (BOOM)
  
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  by oldertreasures on March 23rd, 2011
- Somepeople can do it some people can't I am careful when I do it.
  
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by TheGrimReefer on March 23rd, 2011
Nope. But once you crash you should be fully on the hook for all consequences.

There's two approaches... we can be very forgiving of accidents and try to pass laws against things that could lead to them. That's the approach we take now. Or we can not tell people how to drive, but expect them to live with the consequences if something happens.

The first approach has the downside that it puts the blame on specific things, not on people. A person caused the accident, the cell phone/booze/etc. didn't. Putting the blame on things means that a person who is licenced, sober, doing the limit, and not distracted by a cell phone is not at fault if they crash even if they have zero business being on the road.

If you caused an accident then you were doing something wrong, it doesn't matter if you were breaking any specific rules or not. If you never cause accidents then you're not doing anything wrong. Let's not cloud it up with BS to assist with govt revenue generation. Someone that crashes while texting is a bad driver, it's a simple as that, you can't fix that with laws.
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- So you don't think cops should pull over people for texting or even drunk driving? It deters people from doing it again, and in many cases prevents accidents that are about to happen.
  
  Are you really saying that they should just let everyone do what they want on the road? Should they just not ticket people for traffic violations at all?
  
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  Traffic fines don't seem to prevent accidents anyway. If they did, you'd see accidents go down when new regulations were put in place. What usually happens is no difference. Texting while driving is illegal here, has been more months, zero effect. It just means more tickets and one more thing the cops are doing while your house gets robbed. Some truly crappy regulations actually cause more accidents (red light cameras that rely on a shorter yellow to increase revenue, freeway speed limits, etc.) I know it seems almost like common sense that stuff like this would work, but it simply does not. The person who is going to crash because they were texting is a bad driver and they will find some other way to crash. The punishment should be for crashing, not for other stuff that may be unrelated, otherwise the bad drivers feel perfectly fine about being on the road as long as they're not breaking any of the laws. You can't pass a law to make people better drivers.
  
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by I'm Just Along For The Ride on February 26th, 2011
absolutely!
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by rose1980 on March 23rd, 2011
Does it really matter if there is a law or not? Everywhere I go there are people on their phones either talking or texting while driving.
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by Chicago Lady on July 14th, 2010
Yes and Yes, and both are illegal here in Chicago. You can talk on your phone if you have an installed speaker in the vehicle, or if you use a bluetooth or other ear piece with microphone device. Both hands on the wheel and pay attention!

(CBF, don't know what took me so long to find this question; I think I was traveling!)
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by Anonymous on March 25th, 2011
Yes, of course it should be illegal.
Text messaging while driving obviously increases your proneness to get into accidents. If it's an emergency, you would probably be making phone calls instead of text messaging. And if it's an emergency you can do something about, that is the only time cell phones should be allowed while driving; otherwise, pull off to the side of the road, or get a Bluetooth, and stop putting others at risk.
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by kona.kid on March 25th, 2011
Yes it should. I'm 17 just recently got my permit and every time I get in the car I make sure my phone is on silent so I don't know if rings or if i get a text I just wait till i get to where I'm going then I check my phone.

I have several friends who just got their licenses who do the same thing but a few of them are dumb enough to think there so special that they can text and drive at the same time. Even my mom thinks she can text and drive but im working on breaking her of that habit.

Myth busters proved that driving and TALKING on the phone is equal to driving drunk and that's just talking. I can only imagine how much worse texting and driving can be.
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by Davethedestroyer on March 25th, 2011
Without a doubt texting while driving is not a good idea.
I am sure quite a few have wrapped themselves around a pole while doing this.
Hopefully they did not hurt anyone else but we all know that is usually not the case.
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by mrbillsboy on March 25th, 2011
Should be a divice to stop the texting while traveling. If your veh is moving no text messages will be accepted or sent.

I got my first cell phone and called my bussiness. Worker and friend of mine liked how it sounded. I told him that this could be the death of many people. Dialing the number was tough. I had been a police officer and had ot work the equipneot of the car, the radio and drive in high speed chase. I could do this with out problem. If i had to dial a phone or text, I doubt i would have made it. Some are more talented than I and I will give thme the credit for doign so. But to find out if you are this talented, it takes testing. In this testing life can be lost. Not just the person texting, but some person doing nothing but driving.
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by einsteinwasright0116 on March 24th, 2011
Probably. There are too many people on the roads to send TM back and forth
to people. It tremendously impairs a persons ability to watch.

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by MamaMadge on March 24th, 2011
yes to both! it is distracting and dangerous!
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by vetlover21 on March 23rd, 2011
if your texting your not watching the road and people may die becasue of you try having that on your conscience
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by IsaacM on March 23rd, 2011
I have been very close to t-boned on county highways by people texting and running stop signs, veering over into you lane, etc. It is against the law here in Ontario and should be every where....even had a kid charged for texting while riding his bicycle (not mine)....lol
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by JackNJ on February 26th, 2011
Here in NJ most people cannot walk with out issues let alone drive. I am so for it being against the law that I think there should be something that car companies or cellphone companies can come up with that shuts the phone down while in movement of a vehicle
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by medicgirl on July 14th, 2010
It is now, here. The law just started a few weeks ago. Teens are not allowed to talk and drive, in the city (ATL), you have to use a hands free. Texting is too distracting. I can't say I have never done it, but I do notice my driving changes. Now, I text at a stop if I absolutely need to. Other than that I just talk, if there is something I need to do. I would talk on my way home from work when I got off at 1 am to keep me awake. My best friend worked nights too, so that helped.
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- Yeah, if talking on the phone while driving was illegal here, I would have probably died in a ditch somewhere because I would have fallen asleep at the wheel if I couldn't call my mom and have her talk to me on my way home.
  
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by canbfrisky on March 30th, 2011
my pc is 1/2 broken...So, I cannot leave comment's lol...Peace to all !
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by Brady on March 27th, 2011
Yeah, they both should be.
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by machinerat on March 25th, 2011
Certainly texting should be illegal. As for cell phones, I'm a little split only because some people have the ability to talk and drive, while many do not... it's like there should be a driving test to allow cell phone usage.

The real sad thing about texting related collisions is that people are dying for a technology that will probably be obsolete in the very near future.
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by nycbd2011 on March 25th, 2011
Furthermore, I had a lady run into the back of my vehicle while at a drive-thru. Why? Because she was not paying attention while she was trying to send a text.
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by nycbd2011 on March 25th, 2011
Yes, texting and talking should be banned nationwide. People should ONLY be able to talk, if they had a true hands-free device. There is a ban in my area, but I travel to NC often and it's horrible there. You get people pulling out in traffic, talking away, holding their phones to their head, can't pay attention, causing an accident and all the way, they're oblivious to the damage they're causing around them, but most don't care in the first place. I say fine them to the max, make them pay until they're broke, and then some will wake up and stop talking or texting while driving, it's dangerous, especially for those of us who have to dodge those idiots while they're stuck in their own insignificant world.
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by SPKmnd90 on March 25th, 2011
Yes. YOU may be good at driving while you text, but not everyone else is.
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by Nate on March 24th, 2011
Nope. Personal responsibility is what's needed.

If I send a text at a red light, where's the problem? I talk on the phone frequently when I drive and aside from an old lady running a stop sign and hitting me, I've been accident free since I was a teenager.

How's a guy(gal) supposed to get any work done if you take away so many hours from their day?
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by futureMarine on March 24th, 2011
Yes texting should but I think they should allow talking on the phone. But if you are caught driving dangerously while speaking on the phone should have more punishment.
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by One mans opinion on March 24th, 2011
No. Current laws in existence already require people to be careful drivers. By taking your eyes off the road and hand off the wheel you are not being a careful driver. Creating new overlapping laws only complicates things
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by kassie1990 on March 24th, 2011
Definitely should be illegal to text while driving. It's plain idiotic. I find it hard to text and walk at the same time.

However, I do wonder about the talking on the cell phone and driving. Do people really get so into their conversations that it takes their concentration off the road? I don't get it. I talk and drive all the time. I'm just as aware of the road as when I'm not on the phone. I find it no different than if someone were physically in the car talking to me. I do not dial any numbers while driving, unless I'm stopped at a red light. I don't talk on the phone in parking lots or in heavy traffic.

The only kind of conversation I might see as a distraction is a heated argument. I don't really get into those. Not over the phone, anyway. I know some people do. And they'll do it anywhere (car, retail store, gas station) and they do it loud enough so that anyone within 50 feet knows about their unhappy marriage. I can see how it would be a distraction for these people if they were driving. I guess it should be illegal in order to protect us from them.
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by dollbabysmom on March 24th, 2011
nobody should be txting,talking,eating,appling make up,smacking their kids ect . . . while driving !
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by Does it matter? on March 28th, 2011
NO!!!!!
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