Comments on: It Took A $6M Study – Texting + Driving Is Dangerous!

By: Ron Schenone

Ron Schenone — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:17:50 +0000

Thanks Glenn

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:24:00 +0000

$6 million to find out text messaging while driving is dangerous?!

Some time back I had something put in my car that cost around $200 and would enable the same things to be observed…it’s called a windshield (the old one was cracked beyond repair)!

I drove 18 wheelers cross country for the better part of the last 20 years, and let me tell you, I’ve seen a lot. People reading books and newspapers; eating food and drinking coffee; one time I almost rear ended a car which had stopped dead in the road…on the Interstate! He was reading a map! X_X

And in recent years it’s been cellphones. You want statistics? Just look out your windshield, find some driver driving erratically, and when you get close (hopefully not TOO close!) you’ll see that person has had a cellphone surgically attached to the side of their head, or are taking classes in self-hypnosis over the cellphone (AKA, texting).

It’s one of my pet peeves. It’s called BLUETOOTH and voice dialing, people! I realize you can’t eliminate ALL distractions while you drive, and I wouldn’t advocate it. Paying sole attention to driving is nearly impossible, and just as dangerous as distracted driving (as in road hypnosis and fatigued driving). But every attempt should be made to minimize the distraction to somewhat acceptable levels.

And until someone comes up with text-to-voice for cellphones, it should be banned. And for that matter, Buffet is completely right. Texting is for high school and college students to cheat on tests, NOT as a means of primary communication. Call the person and talk to them! That’s what a phone is for! Save “texting” for email! When you get home! On your computer! With proper sized text that you can read without the aid of an electron microscope!

Did I mention that this was one of my pet peeves?

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:54:33 +0000

The following also add difficulty for some people to do while driving.
1) Chewing gum
2) Talking
3) Talking with their hands

We don’t know that because it would cost us $40 mil to find out.

By: Cozi Penut ~ Windows Fanatics

Cozi Penut ~ Windows Fanatics — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:45:28 +0000

[...] It took a six-million dollar study to figure out that texting while driving is dangerous. [...]

By: Ron Schenone

Ron Schenone — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:06:21 +0000

Thank you Buffet.

By: Buffet

Buffet — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:47:06 +0000

I’m in complete agreement with your last statement Ron. Phil McGraw related some interesting statistics recently on his show, that were the result of having a number of teenagers navigate a course in a driving simulator, with no distractions, with a cell phone, with alcohol, and while ‘text messaging’. The cell phone and the alcohol (very modest intake) both caused moderate swerving, but ONLY the ‘text’ messaging caused the subjects to run over the simulated/ virtual pedestrians. If that ain’t enough to frighten you, I can’t imagine what is? The thing is – these punks drive like shit – with NO distractions! Text messaging is a sissy activity in the first place. Why, in the Wide World of Sports would ANYONE (with the possible exception of Jethro Bodean) wish to use such an inefficient means of communicating??? Just call the damn person and talk to ‘em! Here’s the bottom line – To anyone who strikes my vehicle with theirs: If I find out you were text messaging when you hit me, you’d better quickly text 911 – because YOU’RE gonna need an ambulance, and some intensive care! Keep up the good work Ron.

By: Ron Schenone

Ron Schenone — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:40:53 +0000

mhz,
23.88 hours per day! I thought it was more than that. LOL

By: mhz

mhz — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:12:36 +0000

There is going to have to be a Bluetooth system in every car, which can translate any received text messages into voice, and vice versa. Otherwise those young people are going to keep crashing into us. I believe statistics currently show that young people are texting approx. 23.88 hours per day.

Or else maybe we can just make it illegal for anyone under 35 years old to drive.

I like the latter myself.

By: ThePanicButtonBlog

ThePanicButtonBlog — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:50:52 +0000

I hate the retards that are constently texting a bunch of gossip. Those are the losers on this world. They think that they controll whatever happens in their “social life”. What they think is fun is to others evil. And now those people are behind the wheels of cars…ugh

By: system001

system001 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:22:51 +0000

and all they had to do was ask most pedestrians for free. the better idea is to make all non driving activities while driving illegal, and make the fine 10% of the persons monthly income for the first offense 15% for the second, and 15% plus 175 hours of community service(just over the number of work hours in a month based on 40 hours a week) .