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Why do we say question b4 asking the question? Isn't that what the ? is for.

I think it's the teen drivers who are doing the most texting. Most adults just dial and talk on the phone -


"Honey, do you need anything from the store before I get home?"

"Sure, milk and bread 'cos Squak says it's gonna snow - I'll be home in 15 minutes"

Teens on the other hand, would text back and forth at least 10 times to get the same thing accomplished.

Still - it's gonna be hard to enforce. How do you tell if someone is texting from the vantage point of another vehicle?

Teen drivers have less behind the wheel experience. When something goes wrong with a teen driver, the reactions are not as hard wired as a more experienced driver. So, things can go south real fast. Texting requires more of their attention and gets in the way of their reaction time. I agree that bad judgment can be exhibited by anyone but teens, for the most part, really don't need the distraction.

I have seen them texting but I think it will be hard to prove.

I have also seen folks of all ages reading while driving at interstate speeds... accidents waiting to happen.

Just another STUPID LAW (in it's current form) on the books. What is the difference between a "teenager" (or anyone for that matter) texting while driving, a woman putting on her make-up, grandpa trying to put cream in his coffee, man trying to unwrap his Whopper with cheese, etc, etc, ALL.

NOTHING

It is all inattentive driving and WE ALL DO IT!!!!! And in the end we are all responsible for our own actions? But thank goodness for the insurance lobbyists for another STUPID waste of taxpayers time that will NEVER accomplish anything.

I agree with rockinrod. We don't need any more laws about any dam thing. DWHUI will always be the primary cause of accidents. If you don't want to risk being in one, stay off the road.

The feds have done the samething for truck drivers

what I would like to know is how in the are they going to enforce it? what's the difference between texting and dialing a number, your still punching keys. Oh officer I wasn't texting I was calling a number on my phone.

Good, I'm as guilty as the next person texting and looking at my BB. We all need to remember our responsibility earned when we were given a drivers license. I really don't care how they enforce it but I sure can tell when someone is not paying attention...I guess it wouldn't be to hard to prove if they stop you for reckless driving and check your phone bill. We all need to put them away and use hands free. You can always stop if it's that important. It might be the most important stop in your life.....

Take Oprah's "NO PHONE ZONE PROMISE"!!! I can talk, and I can text safely to an extent. However...when my adult children call while driving, I make them hang up. Talking or texting at a red light is o.k.

Let's stop the texting where there is control -- with the wireless phone companies. Virtually all new phones that can text have GPS sensors that can tell if the phone is moving. If the phone is moving faster than 10 mph, then no texting allowed. The phone company will not transmit the text. Done. A friend of mine has a patent on this approach and is working with phone companies to implement this approach.

Daddeo

Previously I said phone have gps sensors. The phone companies can also use a process called triangulation to locate a phone and tell how fast it is moving.

And then what about someone abducted that needed to send a text while abducted? Or what if someone was riding in a car and wanted to send a text? Just enforce the current laws. Its easy to spot those that are tuning their radio, or texting, or eating or whatever and are being a danger to others. It s not just texting and texting is not the problem. It is the person doing it and them not giving proper attention to what it at hand...

IMO of course...

Sensors wouldn't work. Too many people ride public transportation and/or are passengers in cars that can text. You just need to rely on people using a little common sense. We'll probably end up with a requirement for hands free devices for anyone operating a vehicle.

If there really is a need to add another law to the books, what about.. driving while influenced...

Be it by phone, laptop, makeup, newspaper etc.. If you are influenced by something to the extent that it impairs your driving, here is your ticket..

Then make it prepayable without court costs, just like the seatbelt ticket.. $25.00 ticket = $25.00 check to clerk

In the case of emergencies, phone companies can allow calls or text msgs to home and 911, regardless of speed. At some point, the people who have been injured by a texting driver will figure out to take legal action against the phone companies for knowingly sponsoring an unnecessary, dangerous frill that they make a ton of money on. How long did it take for auto manufacturers to disable the ability to program a gps unit if the car is moving?

Wireless phone companies make more money per bit of information transmitted for texting than any other service. Any wonder why they are slow to correct the problem?

A few facts and comments on the phone company profits from texting.

http://www.macworld.com/article/137784/2008/12/textmessages.html#commentsjump

Texting is stupid and a pox on humanity.

People text while they are at work, it is theft of time from their employer.

Students text all the time at school. When I was a kid, we where not allowed to pass notes in school. I'm tired of paying property taxes to give a child an education who is texting several hundred times a day at school and not paying attention in class.

People text in cars and cross the line heading towards you. It is all to common to see distracted driving. It is putting everyone at risk.

Semi drivers are guilty of this too. I remember when truck driving was a profession where driving straight as an arrow was a trade mark of their skill.

Law enforcement is guilty of this as well.

Cell phone companies have unleashed a direct threat to the community and need to discontinue the texting service.

Did I say texting was dumb?

Young people are lacking social phone skills while mindlessly pushing buttons.

If you think I am wrong, when was the last time you saw a young person leave a voice message?

Enforcement of this new proposed law? Simple, people ticketed can produce their phone records and show the activity at the time the citation was issued.

In my world, the first ticket would be 100 dollars

second 200 bucks

third 400 bucks

forth 800 bucks

fifth 1600

One of our "cowboys" is a texting addict...I'd rather ride with a drunk driver.

hijack; When, not if, I smack that Powerball jackpot I'm gonna buy a Gilligans Island in the south Pacific where it never gets below 70 degrees. Rules made as needed, but rule #1 (wrote in stone)...NO PHONES!

Question. Where we live/work/play rarely can you get a cell phone signal but you can place and receive text messages no problem. Why is this?

Data signals like pager signals can be pushed through using less bandwidth thus even a crappy signal will work. (this depends on how the carriers deliver the data)

I don't even understand the concept of texting. To me, it's far faster and easier to just dial the number and tell them what I need to say than to peck it out on a phone pad. And the spelling associated with texting is another thing. Do they teach spelling in school anymore or just teach texting lingo?

True story here, but I won't further identify the person. One of our officers did a boating accident report a year or so ago and submitted it to the supervisor for review. In one of the information blocks on the form he had entered "IDK". Supervisor called him and asked what the IDK was and he said "I don't know". Course we all got a big laugh out of it, but that's a good example of where the younger generations are heading with this texting BS.

r u redy 4 it?

I'm sure people 50 years older than you didn't know why you called people on that dang contraption on the wall when you could walk up the road and go see them... lol

I keep telling my son:
That dang contraption on the wall only costs $35 per month and you can call anywhere in the world at anytime.

That dang contraption in you hand cost $135 per month and it won't:
- Well, I will leave the won't up to you



Now back to the subject of . . . . oh yea, something about driving a vehicle.