Christian Science Monitor: Cell-phone caused distracted driving is the new drunken driving
The Christian Science Monitor has a very interesting new article on texting and talking while driving, and it talks about how some high-profile fatal crashes are starting to turn the tide in state legislatures, which have been somewhat hesitant to ban the practices.
Click here to read the article.
The article points out the challenges though: Many, many people use cell phones or other wireless devices while driving and the practice is hard to enforce for police. Still, there are new technologies that could help save us, devices that will automatically block incoming texts and return a sentence saying the person is driving.
What do you think?
November 18th, 2009 at 8:47 am
I am cautious while driving and I avoid taking calls on my mobile. I missed important calls but then I downloaded drivesafe.ly and it has made my life lot easier.