Texting While Driving

[NightSwimmer]

It's no more of a problem than shaving and driving, eating a cheeseburger and driving, having a dog in the car and driving, reading a book and driving, drinking alcohol and driving, etc. etc... You get the picture. All of these can be equally dangerous.

But texting and driving is becoming so prevalent that it needs to be addressed somehow. I don't think that simply making the act illegal is practically enforceable.

My idea is to require all texting devices be capable of sensing when they are in motion above a certain velocity, and to disable texting while in motion.

Whadaya think?

 

[Bo-4]

Makes sense to me. Most smart phones have built in GPS so movement beyond a few miles an hour could easily be detected. Our do nothing Republican legislature finally made it illegal with some pretty hefty fines but it took them four years and 3 or 4 teen deaths to get around to it, and it doesn't really stop it. Pretty tough thing for a cop to spot.

 

[ITALIA]

It's no more of a problem than shaving and driving, eating a cheeseburger and driving, having a dog in the car and driving, reading a book and driving, drinking alcohol and driving, etc. etc... You get the picture. All of these can be equally dangerous.

But texting and driving is becoming so prevalent that it needs to be addressed somehow. I don't think that simply making the act illegal is practically enforceable.

My idea is to require all texting devices be capable of sensing when they are in motion above a certain velocity, and to disable texting while in motion.

Whadaya think?

Nice thought but won't work. How would it be known if the texting isn't from a car passenger, someone on a bus, train, plane? Maybe someway of tying a smart car to the smart phone?

 

[NightSwimmer]

Nice thought but won't work. How would it be known if the texting isn't from a car passenger, someone on a bus, train, plane? Maybe someway of tying a smart car to the smart phone?

I'm talking about the phone that is in motion disabling it's own texting capability whenever it is in motion. No incoming or outgoing texts while in motion.

 

[Bo-4]

I'm talking about the phone that is in motion disabling it's own texting capability whenever it is in motion. No incoming or outgoing texts while in motion.

There's that pesky passenger, train, bus thing though NS.

 

[NightSwimmer]

There's that pesky passenger, train, bus thing though NS.

There is. I've thought about that too. It would be an inconvenience. Public transit could broadcast a local override signal.

 

[Friday13]

It would prevent things like this...

The Chatsworth train collision occurred at 16:22 PDT (23:22 UTC) on Friday September 12, 2008, when a Union Pacific freight train and a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on in the Chatsworth district of Los Angeles, California, in the United States. The scene of the accident was a curved section of single track on the Metrolink Ventura County Line just east of Stoney Point.

According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which investigated the cause of the collision, the Metrolink train ran through a red signal before entering a section of single track where the opposing freight train had been given the right of way by the train dispatcher. The NTSB faulted the Metrolink train's engineer for the collision, concluding that he was distracted by text messages he was sending while on duty.

This mass casualty event brought a massive emergency response by both the city and county of Los Angeles, but the nature and extent of physical trauma taxed the available resources. With 25 deaths, this became the deadliest accident in Metrolink's history. Many survivors remained hospitalized for an extended period.

 

[Friday13]

How about playing a saxophone, dancing, having sex...



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[NightSwimmer]

I was always very careful when having sex while driving, I'll have you know.