I used to drive all over the UK for work, and I never felt a pressing need to view/respond to a text whilst driving. I would wait until I had pulled over into a service station or my destination.
Man I hate it when people assume that deep down everyone else is just like themselves, but they are hiding it. I want to scream at those people, "We are not pretending to disagree with you; we simply disagree with you!" It' so nice to know the author believes we can't hold people to even such minimal standards as "Look at the road while you drive."
Well, most morons do procreate... sadly. I completely agree with you, Pavonis. I lost my soulmate to a distracted driver. He couldn't be bothered to stop texting long enough to see the car he ran into at a high rate of speed. DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE you may kill the love of someone's life.
^ You have my sympathies for your loss, Sector 7. I went ahead and contributed some more of my classic gentle persuasion to that blog. Sweet gods, it's like trying to reason with a lead pipe.
While I do not support texting while driving in any way, I would like to thank Apple for adding the ability to text via dictation to iPhones. It makes it slightly less dangerous.
Agreed. Couple that with a car's bluetooth system, get it on all phones, and people can text to their heart's content. Just keep your eyes on the damn road.
Most smart phones have gps. using gps if the phone determines that the user is is traveling between 20mph and 200mph it disables the texting function. QED. Where do I collect the $550k? FYI, the upper limit on the speed allows airline passengers to still text.
"many carriers will prove to the FAA that their planes allow passengers to safely use their devices in airplane mode, gate-to-gate, by the end of the year." Texting won't work in airplane mode.
Ok, nevermind, I guess you idea is truly brilliant for the people whose phones leave wifi on in airplane mode, are configured to send SMS over wifi, and who want to pay for in-flight wifi towards that purpose.
Seeing as your opening statement was completely wrong And Sojourner buried the others, how much further do you plan to keep running with those goal posts?