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At this time, there is NO WAY to have an effect on peoples behavior, with regards to driving-while-gadgeting.
I think you meant, "there is NO WAY to NOT have an effect on peoples behavior, with regards to driving-while-gadgeting."
And worse, driving gadgets are proliferating.
Back in '95 I was one of the first to have GPS in my car. Now you are probably a minority if you don't use GPS navigation...
By the way my old Garmin intended for marine application still works! I have to set waypoints by latitude/longitude to use it. I've kept it mainly for a souvenir. I used it mainly in conjunction with aviation sectional maps (to get geo coordinates) for off-road navigation in my 4x4 trips. I also captured all my major camping routes through the 4 corners states. It was great to know hours before I arrived at my destination when I would get to my camping spot.
The "breadcrumb" feature was fantastic for exploring the back roads in Utah!
My iPhone and Siri don't give me time to arrival data as far as I've found.
Yes I agree completely. It needs to be taken far more seriously.
In fact it might even deserve to be penalized much stiffer.
They give people DUIs nowadays for very very low BA levels. There is a HUGE difference between driving with a .08 and driving with a .25. Texting is 100% distracted and not even looking at the road. That is far more dangerous than somebody driving after they've had a couple of glasses of wine at dinner, yet that person will lose their license and pay ridiculously high fines and the person not even looking at the road will get a $50 slap on the wrist.
We have become ridiculous with DUI laws. Eating and driving is just as dangerous, yet no one gets reprimanded for it.
Some people have the training, youth or mental agility to multi-task better than others, I have a friend that used to be a fighter pilot that can obviously talk on a cell phone and drive with little or no impairment while I have another friend that would be lucky to make it 5 miles without crashing while doing the same.
That being said, I have to wonder about the people that text\talk and drive a lot. They're eventually going to be dropped by their insurance carrier and possibly lose their license if ticketed enough. That's a really expensive lesson to learn and that doesn't include paying deductibles and then of course if you hurt someone you could face even more legal issues.
In the last 12 months I personally know 3 people that have been hit by texting drivers. A neighbor, a friend and a co-worker.
And I do not know one single person that has been involved in a texting accident.
We have become ridiculous with DUI laws. Eating and driving is just as dangerous, yet no one gets reprimanded for it.
Eating food while driving doesn't impair your judgement or vision like being under the influence does. It's not even close to being as dangerous as DUI driving.
Eating food while driving doesn't impair your judgement or vision like being under the influence does. It's not even close to being as dangerous as DUI driving.
I can easily drink several beverages and not have my judgement or vision impaired. Everyone handles alcohol differently. Some might be physically intoxicated with one drink. I could drink a bottle of wine or 3-4 bottles of beer and be completely normal.
I was impaired the day I forgot to put my contacts in and was several miles away when I realized I could not see any signs.
I can easily drink several beverages and not have my judgement or vision impaired. Everyone handles alcohol differently. Some might be physically intoxicated with one drink. I could drink a bottle of wine or 3-4 bottles of beer and be completely normal.
I was impaired the day I forgot to put my contacts in and was several miles away when I realized I could not see any signs.
That's you. The legal limit on alcohol consumption is so low because just one drink can affect a lot of people.
Regardless your eating food is the same as a drunk driver claim is ridiculous.
When you get right down to it, it doesn't matter how much it affects you even if you believe you can drink X amount and drive safely.
We have all been pulled over for sometimes a reason (5mph over the limit, rolling stop past a stop sign) or even no reason. I was pulled over once by some M/C cops because they saw my brand new Triumph Bonneville and just wanted a closer look. We chatted motorcycles a few minutes before they chased off into traffic to find some traffic offenders.
BUT...
If you get pulled over for ANY reason, even expired tags or equipment, and you smell like alcohol, if the officer notices it you will be given a sobriety test. No matter if you are driving perfectly well if you "blow" over the state maximum limit you are going to be arrested for DUI and hauled off to jail.
Think about that when you think you can handle driving safely even when you are consuming more than the barest minimum of alcohol.
IMO nobody can take a chance driving after any more than MAXIMUM of one cocktail, one 6 ox. glass of wine, or one beer. You might be okay if you have two if you linger over a long dinner, perhaps hang around for dessert long enough for your body to metabolize at least enough of your alcohol to get under the legal maximum.
I've been lucky that I almost always can find at least one in my party to be a designated driver and not consume any alcohol.
And I do not know one single person that has been involved in a texting accident.
than your lucky,
come talk to me, when a loved one of yours dies because some idiot moron was texting while driving.
yeah, come talk to me then.
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