How To Text And Drive...

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

[Brad]

Yep that's the way it's done.  That road even has a rumble strip on the shoulder...don't know how they drifted all the way over into the guardrail.

[Valker]

Yep that's the way it's done.  That road even has a rumble strip on the shoulder...don't know how they drifted all the way over into the guardrail.

They just answered the text...thought the rumble strip was the phone on vibrate.

[Jess from VA]

Dingbats.................. there ought to be a bounty on them.

[Jabba]

Wow... I would not wish that on ANYONE.  Not even a dingbat texter.

Was there evidence that it REALLY was the cause... or was that just commentary for the hell of it?

Jabba 

[Psychotic Bovine]

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[Challenger]

Our Vol Fire & Rescue Dept responded to one almost exactly like that less than a month ago, the difference was the rail entered the left headlight, through the cab & the driver of the pick-up and out the tailgate, Had to cut the rail in two to get him out. He did not survive. Witnesses said it looked like he was a sleep when he passed them. Only good thing is he didn't take anyone out with him!

[big turkey]

Sleepy Drivers are considered more dangerous than drunk drivers.

Connecticutt passed a law about driving without proper rest.

Texting and driving is probably more insane though.

With the society we live in, it is a problem.

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[Kymbo]

Using a mobile phone (cell) whilst driving has been made illegal here in Australia for some time now not sure what the fine is but a guess would be about $250 as it is $280 for not wearing a seatbelt

[fudgie]

We had a Blazer spin out on the interstate a few years ago. Went along the rail. It peeled back the entire passenger side from front to back. Luckily he was not wearing a seat belt.

Crotch rocket guy hit a gaurd rail once. Up here we have steel I beams to hold the gaurd rail unlike them 4x4's in the pic. I could count each upright his left leg hit due to the meat on each post. Took us 6 turns to unwind his leg. 

[Dogg]

texting and the use of hand held devices was considered against the law as of October 1st in Md. Hurray for Md!!

[Brad]

texting and the use of hand held devices was considered against the law as of October 1st in Md. Hurray for Md!!

They keep saying that using a cell phone while driving is just as dangerous as drinking and driving but the penalty doesn't fit the crime.  In California it is a $20 fine if your caught using a mobile device (without a hands free feature).  With such a severe penalty it is little wonder that no one obeys this law.  Most states seem to have just a slap on the wrist for cell phone usage while driving.  Here in Nevada I see law enforcement officers driving all the time while using a cell phone.  I have been thinking about an illegal jammer.

[Jabba]

texting and the use of hand held devices was considered against the law as of October 1st in Md. Hurray for Md!!

I am not a fan of more laws.  Laws don't stop anyone from doing anything.

Driving fast... drinking and driving, doing drugs, or criminals from having guns. 

Personally, I think the cell phone people should lock-out the texting and dialing options, without voice recognition when moving.  Just like a lot of GPS's have.

Jabba

[wild6]

THIS crash, however, was not caused by texting.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/guardrail.asp

If we had flying cars today as many mid 20th Century forcasts predicted, could you imagine what a 3rd dimension thrown into the mix would cause?

[valkmc]

texting and the use of hand held devices was considered against the law as of October 1st in Md. Hurray for Md!!

I am not a fan of more laws.  Laws don't stop anyone from doing anything.

Driving fast... drinking and driving, doing drugs, or criminals from having guns. 

Personally, I think the cell phone people should lock-out the texting and dialing options, without voice recognition when moving.  Just like a lot of GPS's have.

Jabba

Amen to that, It is legal to pull a person over in Florida for not wearing a seat belt. That means LEO's can pretty much pull over any car they want.

Way to many laws to protect society from stupid people, As far as I can see most don't work.

[musclehead]

texting and the use of hand held devices was considered against the law as of October 1st in Md. Hurray for Md!!

I am not a fan of more laws.  Laws don't stop anyone from doing anything.

Driving fast... drinking and driving, doing drugs, or criminals from having guns. 

Personally, I think the cell phone people should lock-out the texting and dialing options, without voice recognition when moving.  Just like a lot of GPS's have.

Jabba

ding,ding,ding we have a winner! dont we already have 'distracted driver laws'? that should cover anything from whacking the kids in the back seat with a flyswatter to texting.
CDL drivers are now have a final rule on texting while driving fines can be up to $2750, needless to say I'm not going to text and drive

I also heard they've done a study in states that have 'no texting laws' and people are still texting in a more dangerous position by holding the phone down low so they don't get caught. that averts thier eyes farther from the road and is ultimately more likely to cause a crash.