What are your thoughts re:
 

...texting while driving? It's now illegal in Michigan.
I don't get what the big deal is. It's no different than talking on yr cell phone, putting on lipstick, etc. Any distraction could cause an accident.
Once again,...our tax dollars at work...

It kills people. Someone I know died on a bike because a driver was texting. It's just as bad as putting on lipstick, which would be difficult to make illegal (or at least police) and takes up a fraction of the time texting does.

texting is worse than talking on cell. yr eyes off the road?

cell phone alone have been shown to make experience drivers react like they are drunk 15 year old trainees.

I have to be extra vigilant to not get run over in downtown houston because fuckers will not get off the fucking PHONE

Every now and then I'm guilty of it. It's stupid.

It is really dangerous

GOOD. behind-the-wheel texters should be shot on sight though.


those people drive like complete asswads and cause accidents. shoot them too.

every time i see some asscrack veering off their lane, holding traffic, and causing danger to others like a drunk diver, they are invariably sucking on a cellphone like a satellite cock of death.

also, some useless twat almost ran me over while texting. i was crossing the street and she turned the corner without looking. i wanted to kick her window.

yes, i have violent feelings about irresponsible drivers. need lipstick? wait for a red light. wanna text on the road? take a fucking cab or hire a chauffeur.

would you want someone to use a typewriter while driving a 2 thousand pound vehicle aroudn 35 mph?

it's stupid, dangerous, and... stupidly dangerous. i'm glad it's illegal here.

!@#$%!, You are absolutely right. Let me clarify my comments:
What's the big deal about making texting illegal? My gripe is, why make just TEXTING illegal? Why not cell phones, lipstick, blow jobs, etc etc? ..Because it's an impossible task. ANY distraction to a driver poses immense risks.
My point is, I don't know why Michigan has targeted texting but not cell-phone use. ...EVERY swinging dick I encounter on the road is tongue-kissing a cell phone.

Never had a cellphone, never texted anyone, so in general, I might seem a bit biased towards cellphone culture... it's true, people glued to their phones 24/7, to the point that they can't function, can be a bit annoying in social situations. I remember going on a date with a girl and she looked at her phone literally every 5 seconds. Whatever, I can overlook that.

I can't overlook texting and driving though. Texting while driving is about as responsible as getting drunk and driving. Driving is just a privilege for most people -- for me, it's a necessity, since I live in the country, which is like 30 minutes away from everything. So, unfortunately, as much as I'd love to ride a bike or walk, it would take hours to get anywhere I need to go. That means that I really want other people on the road to be safe, since I have to drive me so much and therefore have to deal with them.... it just kills me that people can't wait 5 fucking minutes to text someone, because that text msg is just SO important that it's worth risking everyone's life over.

People who text and drive should get their license taken away. Hell, get some jail time too.

I saw a cool bumper sticker that said, HANG UP AND DRIVE! in super-big letters. You put it on your front bumper and it was printed in reverse.

it's bad bad bad. i don't drive a car here, but i don't even text on my bike anymore because i ran into a pole and banged my face up awhile back.

they'll probably get on the cell phone thing soon enough. i reckon texting went first because you have your eyes off the road, hand(s) off the wheel, etc. people can talk while they do nearly anything, obviously, but can most of them type? nah.

in detroit you can't talk on a hand-held phone while you're driving... they can't pull you over for that, but they can add it on to, say, a speeding ticket. i dunno if they enforce that at all.

yeah! fuckers! i'm with you. all those behaviors are dangerous, but texting has taken self-centered assholity to a new and greater level. it's an epidemic. bullet to the back of the head, i say. like zombies. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

its obviously stupid and dangerous, much like many things we humans end up doing even and especially when we know better... I am guilty of this as anyone, but I will be the first to admit it is terribly dangerous.

cars kill more people than war and in many cases more than disease..

that is a fucking retarded attitude.

mmm.....did you by any fucking chance go back and read my clarification?

My eyes off the road driving vice is changing cds in the car. I don't use an ipod or anything like that. So I just have a bunch of cds sitting in the car that I use to listen to. Changing them while driving is pretty reckless. I've almost wrecked a time or two because of it.

In terms of texting, which I don't do, so I don't really know how long it takes to text anything, it just seems like it takes time to do. So that means eyes off the road for an extended while. Sounds pretty dangerous. Can you text one handed? I don't even know. Most people I see doing it make it two handed affair.

It's all I can do to goddamn DRIVE, let alone all that other shit.
I was with a friend once who also was texting while driving. They were exchanging queef jokes.

We should legalize blowjobs. Everything else should be illegal while driving.

haha, true that!

Texting is way harder to do than drive. You don't even text? I agree talking is enough,I don't want people texting that is completely crazy.

i thnk it is stpd. wtf. ppl r tards.

brb, accident

It is stupid. but I too am guilty. I try to take my time with it. I drive a super lot and multi-tasking while driving is fairly routine now. but I am a careful driver.

lol u funny must spread rep

i was about to type something nearly identical to this and then i read your post.

I don't want to speak for anyone else, but personally I do NOT text while driving. I try and pay close attention to the road. To date (knock on wood...) I've never been in a wreck...I've avoided a couple though. I like to know what's going on around me at all times when I'm behind the wheel of a vehicle.

Texting while driving has caused accidents. Looking down at a celly/punching in numbers/letters doesn't sound like the safest idea...all it takes is a couple seconds to rear end someone in front of you if they happen to come to a sudden stop.

That's just my take.

T + D seems to synchronize with the mass tendency for people to not be able or willing to focus on one task at a time. Hey, its understandable, this generation has been bred for the multitasking endeavors of customer service and other menial job fillers (thank you, public education), but overall theres this unwillingness for people to be okay with being without, of being nothing, of doing nothing, of going for a walk without the purpose of purchasing coffee or makeup whatever such thing, theres the void between the person and curiosity. By the way I am not previewing posts tonight out of my own convenience, sorry if I've been keyboard mashing.

Here in Texas it is illegal to use a cellphone while driving without a headset but enforcement is tough.

Headsets are available as well as devices to make your phone available without the use of your hands so all cell phone activity should be illegal. Other than a life or death emergency what can't wait 5 minutes until you get somewhere to make or accept a call?

or just pull over in the parking lot of the local walgreens?

I heard it "was" illegal here in illinois...but I haven't heard anything like that. Then again Chicago cops don't really pull you over..

it's illegal here to make phonecalls without a headset, and there is now a campaign to discourage people to use a cellphone in a car anyway... it's always distracting.

you can also get a fine for calling or texting on a bike, which is fair. bikes are even easier to stop and park for a minute or two.

only in some places.

I'm assimilated to my phone. I don't even have to look at the phone while texting.

but it still distracts you from driving. that's why it is advised not to use your phone in any way while driving. no calls (even with a headset) and no texts.

if you text and drive, you are a div

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to atsonicpark again.

talking maybe, texting no. Several people worldwide have already died cuz of texting...

Korea's cell phone obsession would make one assume that this is a huge problem.

Honestly, Korean drivers don't need the help.