Texting?

[Festiva Time]

I'm gonna say, if this is in reference to the texting while driving debate, then simply looking at your phone while driving is breaking the law since you can't prove anything beyond that. If a cop saw you looking at your phone while driving, you're busted. The only way you could possibly get out of it is to show him your in/out box and say "well there's no recent texts" but you can't prove you didn't delete them before he got up to your car.

You can Request from your service provider typed copies of all text messages before and after you were pulled over [or crashed]. I do not know if you can get them Notarized as complete and unaltered. You do have to pay a fee, which may be more than the ticket.

[Dave G]

I am walking across a grocery parking lot....

I had a similar experience yesterday - walking into a store in the big crosswalk in front and some woman just breezed right through in her car, talking on the phone. Luckily she didn't hit anybody that time...

[stdsmt22]

What about picking your nose. That can be painstakingly distracting. Maybe Uncle Sam should crack down on those nose pickers too...and what about wedgies? Lord knows that can certainly affect someones ablility to concentrate on driving. Maybe they should start revoking licenses for chronic wedgy diggers.

Come on people, this is a democracy not a police state. Are we really going to start legislating how and when people can use their cell phones. I mean really. Police officers use cell phones, walkie talkies, laptop computers, and radar guns. I find it quite ironic that the very people intended to keep our streets safe are probably the most unsafe traffic violating drivers out there. That is if we are to judge them based on their ability to drive without technological distractions.

[DrMaxwellEdison]

I have texted and driven, but I don't feel all that comfortable doing it. Typically when I do that I'm going down my drive way and someone's asking me a question... I have a hot key on my phone where I can make a quick reply I have saved where I immediately hit the send button and it sends the message "Driving TTYL" and I usually put my phone on the ledge of the instrument cluster and ignore it until I get to my destination. I feel more comfortable changing the radio station because we have a "SEEK" button. I can hear clips and choose what I want to listen to, I don't usually change the radio station my car is on, 97.9 "The Planet" because I usually don't go outside of it's coverage area. I think the most destracting thing in the car would have to be the static of station changing when you are going between coverage areas where I'm listening to my favorite station and then it starts getting both transmissions from the next radio station on the same frequency.... that distracts me the most.. just my $0.02 worth

[Festiva Time]

What about picking your nose?

What about picking your nose. That can be painstakingly distracting. Maybe Uncle Sam should crack down on those nose pickers too...and what about wedgies? Lord knows that can certainly affect someones ablility to concentrate on driving. Maybe they should start revoking licenses for chronic wedgy diggers.

Come on people, this is a democracy not a police state. Are we really going to start legislating how and when people can use their cell phones. I mean really. Police officers use cell phones, walkie talkies, laptop computers, and radar guns. I find it quite ironic that the very people intended to keep our streets safe are probably the most unsafe traffic violating drivers out there. That is if we are to judge them based on their ability to drive without technological distractions.

Definitely! Especially when you accidentally pull a nose hair, or two!:laughing8:

[ejp2fast]

What about picking your nose. That can be painstakingly distracting

HAHAHA.. thats hilarious!

[DrMaxwellEdison]

who does that? I keep napkins and germex in the glovebox because that's alot more sanitary

[brickdog2000]

who does that? I keep napkins and germex in the glovebox because that's alot more sanitary

Well apparently you havent had a hard booger in your nose that made your nose sensitive to touch.

[blkfordsedan]

Got a link to that info?

Transportation Sec LaHood was talking about it on MSNBC w/ Joe Scarborough. I heard some more details about it on the local radio. There's some stuff out on it if you Google it, I'll try to find a good link with some details when I get home tonight.

[GenevaDirt]

I text and drive all the time because I'm comfortable with doing it and driving gets boring. I have the pullout qwerty buttons so it's easier because I know the keyboard well and don't need to look at it. However, sometimes there are typos in my messages! I feel less comfortable changing the song on my ipod because i have to scroll down and decide what song I want which takes forever! I'm glad I live in PA where it's legal to do everything while your driving!

maybe that is the real reason you went off the road on your way back from Toledo......lol

[bhazard]

Yyyyup....

Lol

[aglatfe1]

lol, that wasn't the reason I went off the road...that was my first accident ever and I've driven a lot! I'm a pretty good driver but my throttle cable was acting up! You know that Brad!!!

[bhazard]

What huh? What throttle cable problem? I know nothing of such a thing!









Just giving you crap.

[aglatfe1]

HEY! u better stop Brad before I drive all the way out there this weekend and braid your hair!

[bhazard]

please don't do that...