I try to stay away from texting (seeing as how you aren't actually looking at the road), but I will talk. To me if you're a bad driver you are a bad driver period. Whether it be cell phones, or the radio, or talking to someone else in the car, or whatever you're going to find a way to be a ****ty driver. I am capable of talking and paying attention to the road, though. Even if you are talking you should still be able to focus on the road and stare in front of you. Sadly, too many people seem incapable of doing such things.
I've learned how to drink, text, talk, and listen to blaring music simultaneously while driving. Perhaps I should teach a course.
Good stuff. : ) Honestly as bad as the traffic is on the 101, you could probably rack up quite a post count on that Blackberry of yours.
I only text at red lights and traffic jams. I do talk on the phone while driving though. Hell, I talked on the phone the whole way from Austin to Houston recently.
I can't believe this is even a topic of debate. DON'T TEXT WHILE DRIVING! I don't care if you can text without looking at the keyboard the point is that you will look at it to read the text back and even so your attention is diverted from the road as you concentrate on moving your fingers on the keyboard. Especially if you are a younger driver in your teens who are statistically shown to be the worst drivers already texting and talking on cell phones are terrible distractions. If it was up to me I would ban texting while driving in general and for teenagers I would ban talking on anything but a hands free cell phone too.
Did you hit somebody? Sometimes when the traffic sucks on the streets, I read the board or a magazine. That's only when I'm stuck in nasty traffic on the streets. It's easier to text when I'm off the freeway as opposed to talking on the phone for you people.
I've been known to TWD on the slightest of occasions. I rarely ever get texts to begin with, so the chance of me actually getting one while driving is minuscule. Then, the likelihood of the text needing an immediate answer is infinitesimal. But I must admit it's happening more frequently, now that I actually have friends, and now that those friends are huge texters and choose to text me!
Me either. Seriously, texting while driving??? Who does that?? What constitutes an 'emergency text'? I don't do either when I drive. I won't even answer my phone while I'm driving. I catch hell for it from the people who call me, but I refuse to be 'that guy'. Only reason I text at all is because I don't like talking on the phone.
While in the actual act of driving, like your car is in motion, yes, incredibly dangerous. But.... while you're sitting - stationary - at a red light, or a railroad crossing... What else are you going to do? Pick your boogers? Bite/Chew your nails? Play with the radio/iPod?
I saw a person texting this morning on my way to work and thought of this thread.....I need to get a life.
R.I.P. B-Bob. I actually LOL'd at his post. Nice one, Mr. B-Bob... you can click "submit reply" just before taking off, huh? Guessing is NOT sexy. ima_drummer2k, I already asked those questions... WHAT EXACTLY is an 'EMERGENCY' to validate that you actually have to text?
I unfortunately do this...I know I shouldn't but if my friends don't get my text, the world will end...ok, maybe not, but still...
