Arlington bans texting and driving today.

[Geor!]

people still text and drive, don't they? Has it saved any lives?

That is impossible to prove as well as disprove.

[slow99]

Better make "driving while tired" illegal. That kills a lot of people. Followed closely by being too old to drive.

Or following too closely... you could get exhausted.

[347Mike]

people still text and drive, don't they? Has it saved any lives?

People still do a lot of things they shouldn't it doesnt mean there needs to be no laws for it.

[Broncojohnny]

Better make "driving while tired" illegal. That kills a lot of people. Followed closely by being too old to drive.

At best the idea of protecting everyone from everything is horse shit.

[bcoop]

Already illegal here, has been for a while.

people still text and drive, don't they? Has it saved any lives?

[slow99]

How can they prove you weren't wearing your seat belt? I am glad they did this. Hopefully the rest of the state and the other 49 states follow.

Already illegal here, has been for a while.

[roliath]

I would venture a guess that rubbernecking causes more accidents than texting, so lets get together and pass a bill that outlaws rubbernecking.


Stevo

i'll just remove my neck, and fight them in court.

[stevo]

I would venture a guess that rubbernecking causes more accidents than texting, so lets get together and pass a bill that outlaws rubbernecking.


Stevo

[Jasonone]

I would like to quote benjamin franklin starting out:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

I would further posit that trading liberty for safety will forever and always do more to sequester the population from liberty than placate the population with safety.

To those of you that think texting will save lives, I say bravo. You appear perfectly capable of pointing out the obvious. Where then is your support for a national speed limit of 0? There is a loose gathering of people for it, get behind and support if you're so inclined for safety.. Too much of a hassle? Herein is the point and the gist behind the idea. If you analyze everything to the n'th possible degree in the search for things that harm you will inevitably find everything, including yourself. I realize it's a LONG way from outlawing texting while driving to outlawing YOU. But think about it in another light. If governments REAL job was to protect the people, albeit from themselves, wouldn't it make more sense to provide low cost and efficient public transportation? Give the people who've had a few too many the OPTION of an economical way home instead of an expensive taxi cab or a slim chance of being caught driving drunk (all while missing the irony of forcing a decision like this from someone who is inebriate). Of course thats a better idea, but it's costs revenue, instead of raises it. I say this texting law, while obviously phrased to placate those quivering from the onslaught of distracted drivers has the stink of revenue generation all over it. And while I am always retiscent to trade my liberty for the safety of someone else, I am loathe to trade my liberty for the stench of taxes loosely wrapped in the idiotic notion that somehow, if we make everything safe, nothing bad will happen to anyone.

[Buck Nasty]

I am all for it. I ride a motorcycle and I couldn't tell you how many times people cut me off or swerve in my lane then see they are texting and not watching the road. Saying that is you have the right to text and drive is like saying you can speed if you want. It is a law setup for safety of other drivers on the road get over it. If you have something so important to a person CALL them.

I drove behind and beside a guy on a crotch rocket for atleast 10 miles at 11 pm at night on a dark ass highway watching him text so everyone does it at one time or another.

[txsr20de]

just about every voice dialing feature sucks ass

This. In addition to a money grab, I forsee it being abused as a surefire way for PC to stop a vehicle and attempt a search. Very rarely do I text while driving, but every time I'm in the car I am using my iPhone to play music through the dock connector cable.

Also, because I refuse to shell out for a genuine automated turn-by-turn GPS app, I have to manually click through the route changes, which could easily be mistaken by an officer as texting.

Hell, as anyone who has ever driven a newer ford with the SYNC system can attest, navigating that bastard while driving is far more distracting than typing a text message.

[Cooter]

Just about every phone out there has voice dialing.

just about every voice dialing feature sucks ass

[Baron Von Crowder]

Just about every phone out there has voice dialing.

Just make sure you aren't holding it, the cops will think you are texting.

[RWhite]

On my iPhone, I had a Voice to Text App that seemed to work good. I used it a few times, but you still need to look at it to make sure it has not thrown in another word other than what you spoke.

[347Mike]

You are going to be one pissed off bitch when you get a ticket for dialing your phone.

Just about every phone out there has voice dialing.