Congratulations to WDTN channel 2 in Dayton Ohio They have been running a huge (mostly sponsored) campaign against texting and driving. Meanwhile, they're running a news promo showing one of their reporters driving down the road while talking on her cellphone. Nice. Watch out for that tree!
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Hypocrisy Award!
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I don't understand. Texting is extremely dangerous while driving. You have to take your eyes off the road to text. Talking on a cell phone is as dangerous as talking to the person sitting in the seat next to you. So what are you going on about?
Agreed. Before texting became a big thing, it irritated me that the safety debate was about 'talking while driving,' or holding the phone in one hand. Those are not the problems. If you have passengers you talk to them, don't you? Most people drive one handed at various times without any danger.
The problem is DISTRACTED driving. Talking (on the phone or to a passenger) is mildly distracting. Texting is much MORE distracting because your eyes have to be on the screen much of the time, not the road. I've heard people now surf the internet while driving - even WORSE.
Over the years, I've seen women putting on make-up while driving, a man reading a newspaper that was unfolded over the steering wheel - and other horrifying examples of distracted driving.
If you're driving while rifling around in the glove box for that CD you really want to play, or groping on the floor for the toll money you dropped - that's also distracted driving.
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