FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS TWEET AND DRIVE: Let's assume that everything in the NYT series "Driven To Distraction" is correct and that "motorists talking on a phone are four times as likely to crash as other drivers, and are as likely to cause an accident as someone with a .08 blood alcohol content," let alone the effects on drivers who text-and-drive, tweet-and-drive or surf-and-drive.
Assuming that's all true, beyond the legal response there will need to be a cultural response -- some form of social norm shaping similar to the anti-drunk driving or anti-smoking efforts of recent decades to turn once-socially acceptable behaviors into a public menace. So I call upon you to pitch in for this effort in one of two ways: (a) devise a slogan that will capture the hearts and minds of America's youth on the dangers of this behavior, or (b) give me the plot and cast for the Lifetime Original Movie on same, noting that it better be half as good as Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life. America needs your help today.
This is abosolutely ridiculous... I can drive and do EVERYTHING while driving.... eat, shave, drink coffee, brush my teeth, check out the signs..ALL AT ONCE. :) ! lol
ReplyDeleteNO seriously though... if its a distraction for you then you should STOP doing it. Otherwise there's nothing wrong with driving and talking on a phone as long as you aren't holding the phone. IT would be exactly like having a passanger next to you in the car... WHAT are WE going to outlaw passangers next to you now too???!!! because people are dumb enough to not know their limits.. please
MAYBE WE should start solving more important world problems and stop LOOKING for ones... Let's grow up here people. okay?
all the best, guys....
mike