Don't Text & Drive

[Conspiracy101]

i remember seein a clip like this in drivers ed (cali) of actual car crash scenes. It was some pretty grim stuff. I'll be honest, i txt (sometimes) in the car, but majority of the time (+90%) I'm at a red light. Im not excusing what i do, tho. Definitely not after watching that.

[bbjohn]

I don't own a cell phone, and I wouldn't know how to send a text message. I do know that trying to type a letter or an e-mail while driving is a very dumb and dangerous idea. Yet, this is precisely what you're doing when you try to send a text message while driving. Driving is an activity that requires 100 percent of your attention. You may recall that commuter train accident in Los Angeles a while back. The train's engineer was sending text messages and missed two signals telling him to stop.

Text messaging is a convenience, but it must be used wisely. 'Smart' technology won't do anyone any good in the hands of stupid people.

Big Bad John

[nachtjaeger]

Our Driver's Ed film was called "Flesh, metal and glass." 'nuff said.

As to either phoning or texting while driving, the best solution to that should be putting a modified seeker head from an AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile on an AGM-65 Maverick antitank missile. Okay, maybe that's a bit of overkill, but big explosions are more satisfying than just shooting up the offender's car with a 25mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun.