[highrevs]

Maybe you got a wandering eye and you can look at your screen and keep your good one on the road.

Thanks for the funniest mental image of the day.

 

[bizutch]

but you're asian.

Yeah, gonna have to turn that iPhone sideways to read it.

 

[kickstand]

Do explain how texting while driving is less dangerous then drunk driving. I would love to hear you reasoning.

easy. If I am texting and driving while sober I very rarely text. Therefore making it WAY Safer than when I am driving drunk because I am almost guaranteed to be drunk texting some tail.

 

[MMike]

During a drive, you can stop texting at any time. You can't stop being drunk.

 

[eaterofdog]

During a drive, you can stop texting at any time. You can't stop being drunk.

All you have to do is blink REALLY HARD. Like scrunch your eyes closed and then open them really wide. Seems to help a little anyway.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

i disagree. Just don't be bad at texting and driving.

Yes, remember kids.............. It's the people who can't drink & drive, ruin it for the people who can.

 

[TheTruth]

If you can't text ad drive, you're a pvssy. Let me tell ya something, there are way to many pvssies in this world.

 

[jdcamb]

I take really small naps while driving when I am tired or take way to much Oxy, or eat to much turkey. I only do this in the left lane so that if I lose control and crash I can text my brother to come and pick me up..... Nobody seems to mind as long as I wear my seat belt....

 

[5150dhbiker]

I text and drive quite often but thats typically on road trips to races where I'm in the middle of nowhere on a highway with nobody. Also, I usually don't read texts, just know where the right keys are on my phone so I don't have to physically look at the phone.

It's dumb and stupid.
Oh, I have also been known to text while landing an airplane....but that was on a long final approach where I had two other pilots in the plane (mostly watching my airspeed). That would be a hard one for me to explain to the FAA though..."yaaaa, ummm, I crashed into this building because I was texting somebody about biking."

 

[eaterofdog]

I take really small naps while driving when I am tired or take way to much Oxy, or eat to much turkey. I only do this in the left lane so that if I lose control and crash I can text my brother to come and pick me up..... Nobody seems to mind as long as I wear my seat belt....

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[BMXman]

wow I can't believe it's not illegal yet...here you're not allowed to operate ANY handheld devices while driving!! phones, mp3 players, etc...

 

[Pesqueeb]

SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; If you're about to warn your teenager about the dangers of texting or talking on the phone while driving, a new report suggests you look in the mirror first.

A study released Friday by The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project says adults and teenagers are equally likely to have texted while driving. And adults are more likely to have chatted on their phones while driving.

The study found that 47 percent of adults who text reported sending or reading texts while behind the wheel. In a 2009 Pew study, a lower number &#8211; 34 percent &#8211; of 16- and 17-year-olds who send texts said that they did that while driving.

Because not everyone has a phone or sends texts, the report said the findings indicate that 27 percent of all U.S. adults have sent or read texts while driving and 26 percent of all U.S. 16- and 17-year-olds have done so.

The study also found that adults are much more likely to chat on their phones while driving: 75 percent of adults with mobile phones said they talked and drove. Fifty-two percent of teenagers with cell phones said they did so in last year's study.

That would translate into a finding that 61 percent of all U.S. adults talk on the phone while driving, while the 2009 study indicates that 43 percent of all 16- and 17-year-olds do likewise.

Mary Madden, a senior research specialist for Pew and the study's lead author, said that while many educational efforts that emphasize the dangers of distracted driving have targeted teens, the findings show a need to educate adults, too.

"I think all of us can identify with that temptation to stay connected during those idle moments in the car. ... The reality is, even if the car isn't moving, a delayed response to a green light or at a stop sign can still result in an accident," she said.

The Pew study didn't take into account that some drivers may be using handsfree devices such as Bluetooth headsets when they talk and drive, but Madden pointed out that simply having a conversation can be a distraction.

Even when not driving, adults are still engrossed in their phones: The study said that 17 percent of adults who have cell phones reported walking into other people or things because they were so busy using their phones to text or chat.
The survey used telephone interviews with 2,252 adults between April 29 and May 30. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/19/text-driving-study-shows_n_618289.html?view=screen

Further reading published by the National Safety Council here. (in .pdf)

 

[captainpolution]

If you can't text ad drive, you're a pvssy. Let me tell ya something, there are way to many pvssies in this world.

Thats the truth!

 

[BikerBoy28]

The secret to Txting and driving is to have one tire lower in pressure than the opposite tire, so it pulls slightly to one side. This causes you to keep hold of the steering wheel, with one hand, and text with the other. The pulling steering wheel keeps you much more steady in the road, rather than weaving all over if both tires were the same pressure and having a "free floating" steering wheel. Hope that made sense.

 

[stevew]

Congratulations on having the stupidest post of the month. Trail lawyers everywhere thank you.

before casting stones....hit spell check.

 

[Toshi]

before casting stones....hit spell check.

Spell check wouldn't have caught that one...

 

[stevew]

Spell check wouldn't have caught that one...

damn.

 

[loco-gringo]

The secret to Txting and driving is to have one tire lower in pressure than the opposite tire, so it pulls slightly to one side. This causes you to keep hold of the steering wheel, with one hand, and text with the other. The pulling steering wheel keeps you much more steady in the road, rather than weaving all over if both tires were the same pressure and having a "free floating" steering wheel. Hope that made sense.

It makes sense of you being retarded. That what you were going for???

 

[Pesqueeb]

damn.

Apparently, what we both need is a context checker.

 

[stevew]

Apparently, what we both need is a context checker.

not sleeping in two days doesn't help.

 

[BikerBoy28]

It makes sense of you being retarded. That what you were going for???

Its worked quite well for me so far, I have devoloped a slow leak in one tire so that side always pulls. No swerving. Try it