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Posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:58 am | Updated: 8:36 am, Wed Oct 31, 2012.

Texting and driving will cause an accident. Texting and walking or doing anything will cause accidents.

The new thing now is more rear-end crashes. Because of texting. Every text takes your eyes off the road for five seconds. Most don’t even pause between texts; they never stop. A lot of people will die because of texting.

What are the odds? The statistics are there is a 30 percent chance someone texting will not make it home. And talking on a cellphone is 15 percent, the same as drunk driving.

Help spread he word: Don’t text and drive. To do more go to the website http://www.gofundme.com/stoptextingdriving. Stay safe. And stay off the phone while driving.

Billy Durham

EZ Defensive Driving, Plainview, TX

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9 comments:

  • Accuracy posted at 11:40 am on Wed, Oct 24, 2012.

    Accuracy Posts: 1926

    You’ve got that right Billy Durham…. “Texting and driving will cause an accident.”

    And you should be communicating directly that to the high number of teenage drivers in Arizona, and other the states, that send text messages behind the wheel. Where high school seniors have admitted to texting or e-mailing while driving.

    Currently, texting and driving is illegal in 39 states for all age groups. Five other states ban it for teenage drivers. But, still, many think that their action is not breaking the law. Many teens admit texting and driving isn't safe, but many think it is safer if they hold the phone up so they can see the road and text at the same time.

     
  • Arizona Willie posted at 2:01 pm on Wed, Oct 24, 2012.

    Arizona Willie Posts: 1915

    Accuracy, that sounds like a bunch of young Republicans.
    Text away kids --- enjoy --- just let me know when you're gonna be driving.[scared]
    Do that texting and sexting while you're driving and put some Chlorox in the gene pool.

     
  • VofReason posted at 2:28 pm on Wed, Oct 24, 2012.

    VofReason Posts: 1401

    They should institute public caning of these people.

     
  • Bluepoet posted at 10:43 am on Thu, Oct 25, 2012.

    Bluepoet Posts: 452

    Information is nice...it isn't gonna stop the texting, though, because the people who are texting, are not reading that text. And, even if they agree that it's bad, they are really thinking, it's bad for everyone, but themselves. Can't happen to me syndrome.

    The only effective way of reducing this, is to make the cell providers and phone manufacturers put in auto-block of these devices, whenever they are moving at a certain rate of speed, like 10mph. If it doesn't work, no one will be using it. Problem solved...well, until someone figures out how to hack it, but at least the numbers of accidents would be greatly reduced.

     
  • Arizona Willie posted at 1:58 pm on Thu, Oct 25, 2012.

    Arizona Willie Posts: 1915

    Bluepoet, I agree that ALL cars should be equipped with a device that disables cell phones ( including built in ones ) in moving vehicles.
    It should be possible to retrofit it into existing cars with no problem.
    Anyone caught having tampered with the cell-stopper should get life with no parole.
    Anyone caught texting while driving a vehicle should be charged with attempted negligent homicide -- because they were willing to take a chance on killing someone in order to text.

     
  • Bingo6 posted at 4:56 am on Fri, Oct 26, 2012.

    Bingo6 Posts: 238

    I'm a Valley Metro bus driver who drives 800-900 miles per week mostly in Mesa.

    I can also say that the single most dangerous. distraction on our streets.today is texting and using a cell phone while driving, and it isn't. just teenagers but. their adult peers also.

    Last spring a woman. ran into the. rear end of. my bus while texting, she was in her 50's, luckily she wasn't injured but her car was totaled.

    Our company policy is pretty clear if any of our drivers is caught using a cell phone while driving we will be terminated, period, union or no union.

    Cell phone companies and auto manufacturers could fix this silent killer by easily adding blocking devices on their phones and in their cars, but we know that that will not happen until many more people are killed and injured, because their is just too much money be made.

    I wish that laws would help but there just aren't enough police to enforce this epidemic of ignorance.

     
  • Arizona Willie posted at 10:31 am on Sat, Oct 27, 2012.

    Arizona Willie Posts: 1915

    Bingo6 ... MONEY always wins ... ALWAYS.
    It doesn't matter how many lives are lost.
    Nothing significant will be done to stop texting in moving vehicles.
    As you say, money is being made.
    Lots of people are lined up for the profits.
    Cell phone service providers
    Cell phone makers
    Body shops
    Ambulances
    Hospitals
    Doctors
    Casket makers
    Funeral homes
    Crematoriums and cemataries
    All these different interests, plus some I'm sure I didn't think of, are profiting.
    MONEY ALWAYS WINS.

     
  • coachss posted at 1:37 am on Wed, Oct 31, 2012.

    coachss Posts: 47

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