Fine, but the main issue is having to look at the map on the screen so you know

Feb 13, 2020
6:31:24am

chilango All-American

what is going on, which most people have to do once in a while regardless. My point is really that not everyone who you see with a phone in their hands in a car is actually texting.

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Drunk Driving vs. Texting

mikecito

2/13/20 12:06am

Good point, but I will say that some of the people looking at their phones while

chilango

2/13/20 3:41am

Then make your phone hands free. Simple. Those AC magnet things cost like $10.

game.blouses

2/13/20 5:55am

Fine, but the main issue is having to look at the map on the screen so you know

chilango

2/13/20 6:31am

They shouldn't have the phone in their hands. People should get pulled over if they have both a hand off the wheel and

supertux

2/13/20 6:47am

That's fine, and I don't disagree with your sentiment. But I don't know how

chilango

2/13/20 7:10am

Actually it’s simple

mikecito

2/13/20 8:28am

Actually, that does sound very difficult and impractical to enforce effectively.

chilango

2/13/20 12:00pm

Oh you were talking about enforcement. Sorry

mikecito

2/13/20 12:15pm

Do we also need to tell car manufacturers the max speeds of engines? Of course

Jay Rick

2/13/20 8:31am

Really? And how many people actually drive under the speed limit? Are you trying

chilango

2/13/20 12:01pm

People usually don’t go 90 in a 25.

mikecito

2/13/20 12:18pm

They also rarely go 55 in a 55, or 70 in a 70.

chilango

2/13/20 2:18pm

They’re an effective deterrent. We definitely don’t need manufacturers to

Jay Rick

2/13/20 2:59pm

And just like everyone speeds, everyone will keep using their cellphone GPS.

chilango

2/13/20 6:09pm

I'm fine with handsfree GPS. No reason to do away with that, and I'm not aware

Jay Rick

2/13/20 6:39pm

Is texting really “just as dangerous” as DUI?

Endocoug

2/13/20 4:56am

These are the stats for Utah (2017) regarding distracted driving.

Everyman

2/13/20 5:25am

I’m not debating that texting while driving isn’t dangerous.

Endocoug

2/13/20 5:37am

That actually makes the opposite point. The number of trips with a

garyfan

2/13/20 6:14am

I was not trying to make a point. I simply interjected data into

Everyman

2/13/20 6:47am

There is a lot more that goes into distracted driving than just texting

D.T. Survivor

2/13/20 7:51am

Whether just as or not, it’s dangerous and that’s proven.

mikecito

2/13/20 8:30am

Yes but so are tons of other things we would never ban so that doesn't really move the discussion forward at all.

supertux

2/13/20 8:34am

Sure it does

mikecito

2/13/20 8:39am

Would you also advocate for a hard crackdown on speeding?

garyfan

2/13/20 8:42am

Depends on what you mean by hard crackdown

mikecito

2/13/20 8:52am

I agreed until you said "and otherwise looking at your phone". That is a hunormous (as my 5yo would say) brush to paint

supertux

2/13/20 5:44am

Bingo. There are tons of distractions while driving, but everyone including

cracka

2/13/20 7:03am

I should have specified

mikecito

2/13/20 8:35am

One of the points folks are making here is that DUII leniency is a function of

Jay Rick

2/13/20 6:45am

Probably. There is probably also an issue with understanding what DUI is and what texting is. When people talk about DUI

supertux

2/13/20 6:49am

Drinkers probably do it with texting also, frankly

game.blouses

2/13/20 7:00am

Of course they do. It's a false dichotomy.

cracka

2/13/20 7:04am

True. We all downplay the things we ourselves are guilty of. I roll stop signs

Jay Rick

2/13/20 8:28am

Texting (hopefully is temporary). Driving drunk is a continuous danger

D.T. Survivor

2/13/20 5:22pm

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