no shit.....

[herm]

text messaging while driving (anything) is dangerous

what surprises me most is that the union is backing the new measure by the city.

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

im def guilty of it

[El Matador]

im def guilty of it

I'm not surprised

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

I'm not surprised

what do you mean by that?

[IZ]

There's already enough azzholes on the road but then put a cell in their hands..

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

There's already enough azzholes on the road ..

bikers and cagers
in the end we're all guilty of texting/talking, fixing our hair, playing with the ipod all in the car.. we're not perfect

[herm]

i dont think that you can compare the lack of attention to the road that texting will cause, except perhaps driving drunk, or over tired.

and no, i have never text-ed while driving. i dont text message at all.

[Statler]

bikers and cagers
in the end we're all guilty of texting/talking, fixing our hair, playing with the ipod all in the car.. we're not perfect

I think you've partly identified a difference between motorcyclists and drivers.     You are a driver.    A very typical driver.

Has absolutely nothing to do with perfection.

[ducatiz]

i text at a red light and that's it.  drive a stickshift and you learn quickly you only have two hands and unless you have a prehensile penis, you can't text.

my phone has voice dialing and i use a bluetooth headset.  that's about the limit of my transgressions

[superjohn]

I still don't understand why society seems to have this inane fetish with texting in the first place, let alone while while driving. I've sent, maybe 20 texts in my life. None from a car. here's just no one or nothing THAT interesting.

[IZ]

I think you've partly identified a difference between motorcyclists and drivers.     You are a driver.    A very typical driver.

Has absolutely nothing to do with perfection.

agreed!

[Sinister]

what surprises me most is that the union is backing the new measure by the city.

Good point, but how could they not?  Safety is the biggest deal with all the unions I've worked with.  Besides, I'm sure the union is getting some concession in return for their "full support."

[Drunken Monkey]

bikers and cagers
in the end we're all guilty of texting/talking, fixing our hair, playing with the ipod all in the car.. we're not perfect

You may be guilty of these things, but I'm not. Handsfree bluetooth wired into the car audio, with voice dialing. Even then, I don't talk much while driving, as it's too distracting.

Hell, I don't even talk to people in the car when I drive.

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

You may be guilty of these things, but I'm not. Handsfree bluetooth wired into the car audio, with voice dialing. Even then, I don't talk much while driving, as it's too distracting.

Hell, I don't even talk to people in the car when I drive.

my entire car is bluetooth I dont even need the key to start it but I still love to text, hate talking on the phone, I even threw a text when I was on the track at road america a few weeks ago

[Drunken Monkey]

A favor to ask:

Someone save this thread as evidence so when Beck kills someone because he was texting while driving he doesn't get off.

kthnxbai