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You were lucky. If you are stopped for any reason, aren't you asked for drivers license, tag receipt (whatever they call it) and insurance card? Lack any 1 of the 3 and you are in trouble.
Yes, of course. It's law in this state to have car insurance now & there are minimums that you must have. I'm just saying even though I didn't have insurance, I still drove. So that's not going to deter anyone from driving whether they're drunk or texting while driving.
Texting, eating, yelling at your kids in the back seat, playing with the radio, having your mutt run around the car, yacking with your friends etc. etc. etc. all distractions while driving. If the state really wanted to make the roads safe they would mandate cars have one seat and a windshield and that is it. They wouldn't be able to fine people though and generate revenues which is what it's really all about.
okay why enforce no texting and driving but install computer screens in the newer vehicles?
THANK YOU! I think this trend is ridiculous and dangerous. I recall one commercial (cant remember the car) that excitedly told how you can download PICTURES to the central screen. Just what we need, to be able to scroll through photos while we drive! I recently heard about another car maker which is putting all controls on the computer screen, even windshield wipers. Is it really so hard to turn on wipers now? It's just a flick of my wrist, why is it better for me to scroll through screens to find them (which I probably wouldn't be able to read without my reading glasses anyway).
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I don't think it should be made illegal. I think if you get into an accident while texting or drinking, you should be considered uninsurable. No insurance company should take you on as a customer after that. Obviously, you don't take driving seriously and should never be trusted again.
But what about their victims?
I know of someone who was guilty of nothing more than stopping at a red light on his motorcycle and was put in a wheel chair and ultimately a premature death by the jabbering driver who ran him down. I'm sure this is not an isolated incident.
How many victims are acceptable before preventive measures are taken?
There are numerous cases where texting lead to manslaughter charges, so it does happen. There are apps that block texting while in motion. I think they will be part of the phone's operating system in the near future.
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There are numerous cases where texting lead to manslaughter charges, so it does happen. There are apps that block texting while in motion. I think they will be part of the phone's operating system in the near future.
Followed closely no doubt by an app that disables the text blocking app. Where there's a buck to be made someone's gonna do it.
While those apps may be a step in the right direction, no amount of manslaughter charges will bring the slain back to life. Maybe it's time obtaining a driver's license was a little more difficult than making a 'K'-turn and parallel parking the car.
Followed closely no doubt by an app that disables the text blocking app. Where there's a buck to be made someone's gonna do it.
Possibly, but most people are not( or do not have the know-how) going to screw with the phone's OS and risk bricking it. My car locks out input of navigation changes while in motion. It drives me nuts, and there is a "fix". But I haven't purchased it and probably won't. We adjust. Eventually, the vast majority of us will just adjust to the fact that we can't text and drive anymore.
I dont think a lot of you are getting the point of my post. My point is that someone who has been drinking and kills someone in an accident is charged with involuntary manslaughter and sent to year behind bars. Someone who is texting and driving or eating and driving doesn't receive the same sentence.
It's probably just a matter of the laws not being caught up with the technology. Drinking and driving has been around for 100+ years, texting and driving for 10 or so. Laws change slowly, as they should to avoid unintended consequences - such as NY banning guns the police use in their haste to restrict citizens.
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