Is my stance on texting while driving “crazy”?
Posted by adminOct 30
My family and I were watching television and a commercial came on about crackdowns on texting while driving.
We all agree that it should be illegal and get punished, but I took it a little further
If I was “In Charge” my rule for texting while driving would be…
You Lose Your License to Drive Forever, no chances to renew it, and it would be a federal statute, so you can’t move to another state and do it. (if you are under 18 you loose it until your 21, because Minors get there records sealed)
Of course my dad agreed with me and laughed, but my sister said “your joking right” (i do joke alot about this kind of stuff,) but in this case I’m not, I looked at her completely seriously. LOSE YOUR LICENSE FOREVER
“Thats way to mean, thats a big punishment for a little crime”
“Why do you have to text so badly, what vital information can only be passed though text that cant be passed though talking on the phone”
“But its just texting while driving its not big deal”
“Oh its just drinking before you drive its no big deal…until you hit a kid”
I truly believe that if you text while you drive, you lose your license forever. The End.
Texting is more dangerous then driving drunk, the ranking goes
Texting
Drinking
Cellphones
Marijuana
Since Texting is statistically more likely to cause an accident then drinking, the punishment should at least be harder.
also, not to defend them, but if your drunk half the time you don’t know any better when you get behind the wheel, same for pot, and when you do you (unless your just completely gone) your still trying to focus on the road (if you get into a car buzzed but coherent a drunk will atleast try to focus on the road) and if your on a cell your still actually looking at the road (not that it isn’t dangerous)
But with texting you are, as a sober adult, actively taking at least one hand of the wheel and looking away from the road, that is worse then being drunk, that is just naturally dumb.
Lose License Forever.
If your going to try and pull 8th amendment (cruel and unusual punishment) then how about just a punishment that is harder then what we give for DUI cases.
Of course Drunk driving should be punished, and hard, harder then it is right now.
What I’m saying is that if your drunk and you drive your not thinking right.
but if you text while you drive you are actively making a decision right there in the moment.
2 comments
Comment by George on 10/30/2011 at 1:21 pm
Yeah you’re crazy and doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
But why single out just texting? People make the stupid decision to drink and drive, talk, and eat while driving. ALL of those people should lose it too.
Texting, may statistically be more likely to cause an accident but how many people have died from texting? A handful. How many from drunk driving…… thousands. Tell me which is deadlier. You justify drunk driving because people don’t know any better or they can just focus… Are you sh*tting me? The adults were sober when they put that beer or shot in their hands and drank it without future consequence. What kind of stupid dumb reasoning is that? I know you’re the one who goes out and drinks and drives home buzzed. That’s just plain stupid reasoning.
Comment by reaper on 10/30/2011 at 2:04 pm
just putting it out there when Im high I drive better. I hate people who are such pussies with weed like if you dont like it, fine, but stop fucking nagging about it. Weed is going to be legalized before I hit 20, I know it. Plus Im tryinga get my card when its legalized in NY! Already has been in a few states yayay