11 teens die from texting while driving PER DAY! (car crash, vehicles, traction)
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What that web page says is quite scary to say the least. I think I might do a minimal amount of driving for a couple of years until Darwin gets these people off the road.
What that web page says is quite scary to say the least. I think I might do a minimal amount of driving for a couple of years until Darwin gets these people off the road.
A few years ago, having personally experienced a relatively minor Rear-End Fender Bender directly caused by a Chatty Cathy on her Cell Phone (mid 40's to 50's Real Estate Agent) . . . I always, repeat ALWAYS, leave my cell phone in my rear pocket while driving.
Luckily there was no damage to my solid old CJ-7 but her relatively new Lexus SUV was 'out of commission" and needed to be towed. One must wonder if that idiotic phone call was that important.
Texting is bad but probably not any worse than "anal" chit chatting.
I know of one person in my town who's got a ticket for it. $400. They could rake in a pile of money towards the budget deficit here just by diligently enforcing the law (seems every third driver is on their cell phone).
Probably playing fast and loose with statistics. In the USA, about 100 people per day die in car crashes. Only 50 of those are the driver. Distraction is listed as a contributing cause in 16% of them, which is eight per day. Of ALL ages, so much less than eight who are teenagers, considering that there are many ways that people of all ages can be distracted. In order for this statistic to be true, almost all distracted drivers would have to be texting teenagers, which is extremely improbable, and even then would be only eight per day. I bet adults texting while driving outnumber teenagers texting while driving abd the nunber of teenage drivers who are killed while texting in the drivers seat of a moving car is closer to two per day.
What I need explained to me is why people text in the first place. I can't imagine when I was a kid on the telephone, thinking it would be a great idea to go back to the telegraph and Morse Code. Nor, why, when driving my dad's car to the drug store, I needed to send a telegram to my friends.
Kids are just emulating their parents. Their parents are too insecure to be disconnected for even a moment from others, and that's the kind of kids they raise. This will continue to happen, sadly. Perhaps it is an unpleasant but necessary prophylactic protection of the gene pool.
The site in the OP does not back up its stats with any cites. Read the "Q&A" and "About Us" tabs...
For what it's worth, the CDC says 9 people (of all ages) are killed per day due to "distracted driving." Texting is only one of a multitude of things that cause drivers to be distracted.
I am 100 percent against anyone texting while behind the wheel, don't get me wrong. But using inflated and misleading statistics and hyperbole to get a point across, no matter how important, is dishonest IMHO. I wouldn't give that business (they refer to themselves as a business, selling materials to promote not texting and driving) any credibility on those grounds.
Other than that, the message is a good one. I'm astonished by how many people I see texting while driving every day. Often easy to spot because of how they're driving, or being inattentive at lights etc. Offenders seem to cover just about every age and demographic, too.
For such an unnecessary activity . . . ONE DEATH / INJURY IS TOO MANY.
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