You say that like it's a bad thing...

 

You're 100% correct. I asked my wife just the other day how we ever survived growing up without cell phones. I talked at a local high school a couple of weeks ago and was amazed at how many kids were using their cell phones during passing periods. In my opinion, we've lost the ability to communicate with one another face-to-face. It's so much easier to pick up our cell phones and send a quick text rather than talk to someone. Our son comes over for dinner and he's always texting someone. I asked him the other night what was so important that he couldn't eat dinner without texting.

Technology is a wonderful thing, but I it's impeded our ability to communicate face-to-face. I love going to the grocery store and watching women pushing a grocery cart and talking on the phone. My pet peeve is people who checkout and are on the phone. We went for a walk the other day and saw a dad with a young boy walking in the park. The dad was on his cell phone and the little boy was walking by his side. I commented to my wife that it was a great way to develop a father/son relationship while spending time with his child. I guess I'm just getting old and crotchety.

 

Only a moron would text while driving.

 

It would be hard for me to text at any time since I don't have a cell phone! No credit card's either, I guess that rates a double and a .

 

No your wrong !!!!!!!!!! only a Complete Moron would text and drive !!!!!!!!!!

 

Damn...beat me to it

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Damn...beat me to it

Regards
Chip

 

Nope, that's what the co-pilot is for among other things.

 

My phone rings I need to answer I pull over. Texting is ridiculous BS, I pity the fools.

 

I will admit that I have texted in my daily driver, which is an automatic, but have not in my Corvette. What I don't get is how you can steer, handle shifting gears, and text! I only have 2 hands....

 

How do you text and watch the road, split second and your in doom's ville ??????????????

 

to Choreo and Devil dog 2! Also to Phanni!

 

Interesting thread... I'm in the Highway business and talk about Highway Safety and driving down distracted driving all the time. No...

I always wonder what's more important then your life or someone elses?

 

Short answer, no. It would be extremely difficult anyway to text and drive a manual.

I do text, but only because that's the way my kids and wife communicate. I told my daughter about a new app that came out where you could start the app, dial the number, and start talking and it would convert it to text and send it. She got all excited about it and started to ask what app, then I laughed. She didn't get it, but her husband did....

 

I can't, I see people doing it and I watch them swerve & I just can't.

 

The "phone in your hand 24/7" meme has hopelessly confused people who already had zero ability to tell the difference between "important" and "urgent".

 

Never!!!!!!!!!

 

Every day in the news, somewhere in our country, we find a terrible accident caused by someone texting or talking (distracted) on cell phones.
And if they are not 'all' dead, we see people standing around the scene, crying hysterically, and apologizing tearfully, saying 'I didn't mean to', or something like that.
Or, later, in front of a judge we see them saying they are so sorry for what they did.....

As a society, we must state forcefully; that 'we do NOT, and will NOT accept their apology any longer. We will lock them up in a penitentiary for years, for killing our loved ones. They will never ever be issued a drivers license again, should they ever get out of prison. No more apologies accepted!!! This, can no longer be called 'an accident', but must be called what it is, willfull homicide.

It took MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) a generation to awaken the American people to the fact that drunk driving was not funny, or cool, or manly! To make people aware of the carnage on our highways caused by 'good old boys' who'd been at the bar, too long, teens, and others being irresponsible on our highways
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But finally, society woke up, and started making penalties stiffer (one could argue not tough enough, yet). And no one I know, any longer thinks drunk driving is acceptable behavior. I"m old enough to remember when that was not the case.

This whole texting (and talking while driving) thing needs to stop. It is not a constitutional right, to endanger my loved ones (or yours) on the highways of America!!! The science is in, it is irrefutable, that these distractions (talking and texting on smart phones) are killing Americans and others every day.
In my career (41 years) as a Locomotive Engineer, we were drilled and trained, over and over about the science of being 'distracted' while operating America's freight trains. They know that 'distracted' impairs judgement and decision making and situational awareness; just the same as fatigued or drunken drivers/operators. All that science applies to drivers of cars, busses, planes, trucks,river barges, etc.

The facts are; the earth is not flat, and distracted driving kills people!!!

I have seen this carnage, first hand and close up; and there are NO apologies that should be accepted for this, any longer.

Don

 

No, but I do sing to the radio

 

no its not called the real world its called the past. Texts outnumber voice calls by allot. Its easier when your busy or don't need to have a lengthy conversation.