Comments on: Do You Text and Drive? http://www.totallyher.com/do-you-text-and-drive/ No Celebrities, Just Reality Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:18:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: kdAlise http://www.totallyher.com/do-you-text-and-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-4332 kdAlise Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:44:38 +0000 http://totallyher.com/?p=12554#comment-4332 I have texted while driving before, when I needed to find something out before I got home or something. It's not something I'm in the habit of, though. I think one of the problems, like Lores pointed out, is that if you make a law against texting, tweeting, etc., what if you cause an accident because you were distracted by something else? The principle is the same -- you weren't paying attention to the road -- but there's no specific law against what it was you were doing. I think it would be appropriate to take into account whether a person was allowing him/herself to be distracted by anything, no matter what it is (if it's provable), not just pass a law against every individual thing. That way people are required to take responsibility for the manner in which they drive, not just say "Well, I can't do this, this, this, or this, but everything else is ok because it's not against the law." I have texted while driving before, when I needed to find something out before I got home or something. It’s not something I’m in the habit of, though. I think one of the problems, like Lores pointed out, is that if you make a law against texting, tweeting, etc., what if you cause an accident because you were distracted by something else? The principle is the same — you weren’t paying attention to the road — but there’s no specific law against what it was you were doing. I think it would be appropriate to take into account whether a person was allowing him/herself to be distracted by anything, no matter what it is (if it’s provable), not just pass a law against every individual thing. That way people are required to take responsibility for the manner in which they drive, not just say “Well, I can’t do this, this, this, or this, but everything else is ok because it’s not against the law.”

]]> By: Denise http://www.totallyher.com/do-you-text-and-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-4331 Denise Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:08:35 +0000 http://totallyher.com/?p=12554#comment-4331 I fail to see how anyone can thinking texting while driving is an appropriate thing to do. Yes, there are other distractions drivers will face while on the road, but you don't have to take your eyes off the road to have a sip of coffee... you DO however take your eyes off the road to send a text message. The thing I wish people would ask themselves is this : Is this text message REALLY so important that I can't wait until I'm out of the car to send it? I fail to see how anyone can thinking texting while driving is an appropriate thing to do. Yes, there are other distractions drivers will face while on the road, but you don’t have to take your eyes off the road to have a sip of coffee… you DO however take your eyes off the road to send a text message.

The thing I wish people would ask themselves is this : Is this text message REALLY so important that I can’t wait until I’m out of the car to send it?

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