Text-messaging while driving...not a good idea

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20051202/D8E829680.html

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Oh man that's horrible!


I rear-ended another car over the summer cuz it was a green light and I thought everyone was moving along so I glanced down for a second to check my text message. Next thing I know, bam! (Ew that sounded disgustingly Emeril.) Oops. Luckily, not much damage since I wasn't going fast at all. From now on I don't touch my phone when I'm driving.

Who the hell would be stupid enough to look at a text message, write a text message,or for that matter do anything that involves use of their digits while driving? Seriously...are we all losing our common sense now? These things infuriate me. Cellphones belong in the glove-compartment while the owner is driving, nowhere else..well save a purse.

I would pay money to see someone's mascara wand enter their eyeball if they were putting it on while driving.

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are these the same people who have to make/answer cell phones in theatres and now text people. why cannot you morons sit still for two hours and behave?!?

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I think there should be laws instituted punishing those who are being idiots and hurt someone with their idiocy.

Uh, there are. Manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide come to mind. They probably went easy on this kid because he's a kid, and kids are generally idiots. And yes, I realize I'm only 3 years older than the person in question.

It's illegal to even touch your phone while driving in Australia.

Is it similar in the states?

Is it similar in the states?

Different states have different laws. Here in New Jersey, for example, I think it's illegal to talk on a cell phone while driving, but a cop couldn't stop you just for talking on the phone -- he'd have to find some other reason to pull you over and add that charge to it.

Other states are tougher, and some don't have any laws on it at all. But if you cause an accident while on the phone, I think police can use that to jack up the charges as reckless driving no matter what the law is on cell phones.