No TeXting!

[Conan71]

Is sneezing illegal while driving? Changing out a cd in the player? bending over to pick a paper up?

Where's this policing stop?

Townie, is that a gestapo sign?

YES! texting. And yes, I am amused by those righty extremists wanting to get government out of our lives advocating for more government....

Problem is, too many people now treat driving as a passive or secondary activity.  Distracted and careless driving is how people get hurt and killed.

[BKDotCom]

CDs are OK.  Cassettes and 8 tracks are not.

What about the superior sound of vinyl ?

[Conan71]

What about the superior sound of vinyl ?

Mounting a turntable on the dash is a complete biznitch!

[patric]

Problem is, too many people now treat driving as a passive or secondary activity.  Distracted and careless driving is how people get hurt and killed.

Driven to Distraction
Gadgets in Emergency Vehicles Seen as Peril
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/technology/11distracted.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

"There's no way you could do this without eventually running into something," said Officer Shawn Chase, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol, as he demonstrated use of the Gateway computer in a cruiser. And yet, he said, he has tried it, and others have, too.
"The first time you almost rear-end something, you say, 'Whoa, I better not do this,' " he said.

[Teatownclown]

Problem is, too many people now treat driving as a passive or secondary activity.  Distracted and careless driving is how people get hurt and killed.

Yes...and stepping off the curb is another way.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY?