Are people who TWD (text while driving) too stupid to live anyway?

[Philosoraptor]

I guess maybe it's mother nature's way of weeding out the severely stupid, car accidents caused by people too stupid to drive, and too stupid to realize that you can't text and drive at the same time. People actually have to be told, in simple, easy to understand instructions, don't text and drive. Our nation's law makers are literally making laws to stop people from texting and driving.

It wouldn't be so bad if they all went extinct, but they're taking the non stupid out with them, maybe texting and driving is what really killed the dinosaurs. Maybe we won't annihilate ourselves with nuclear bombs but with texting while driving. How stupid do you have to be to text while driving?

I know that people do a lot of amazing things while driving, they eat, they drink, they talk on the phone, they put on their makeup, they have sex, they scream at the kids, they watch movies and listen to music, all while driving, but texting and driving is too stupid to even contemplate.

Recently in St. Joseph, MO., a moronic twit, (or 'twitter'), was texting while driving while boozing, ('TWDWB') and ran into the back of not one, but two parked police cars. This guy is too stupid to drive OR live among the non stupid. I saw a report from a study saying 'TWD' is way, way more dangerous that mere 'DUI'.

And did you know that spellcheck does not acknowledge the word 'texting'? OR the word 'spellcheck'?

So do your part to stop the spread of TWD by getting personally involved, if you see someone TWDing, pull over and text the police. TWD offenders should be taken off the road, and dealt with just like they deal with drunk drivers. Meanwhile, mighty and indifferent evolution marches on.

[malaise]

1. Clearly but the problem is that they kill sensible people

Throw away the keys.

[LeftishBrit]

2. Idiot drivers don't only kill themselves, though

The other people on the road, who get killed by such people's stupidity, are not necessarily stupid at all.

[Philosoraptor]

4. Definitely, they're a real threat to us all.

[Chemisse]

3. Spell check or spellchecker is recognized n/t

[SmileyRose]

5. if they delete themselves thats sad enough

but I don't really want them deleting me along with them.

And yes, distracted or impaired drivers of all sorts should be taken off the road before they really hurt someone.

[LuvNewcastle]

6. It seems to me that they shouldn't

have to make a law about texting and driving. If someone is caught doing it, they should automatically get a reckless driving charge. Do we have to pass a law against playing the piano while driving? Reading and typing messages while doing 75 should obviously be bad behavior to anyone.

[MercutioATC]

8. Well, since "reckless operation" has criteria...and those don't include texting...

...yes, a new law must be written if this is an issue.

YOU may feel that texting while driving is reckless, but it doesn't meet the legal requirements for "reckless operation".

(and I'm speaking in general terms..."reckless operation" is state law and I don't claim to have every state's traffic statutes memorized)

[surrealAmerican]

14. It's sad, isn't it?

We never needed a law against "reading the newspaper while driving".

Once we have laws against "texting while driving", some new distraction will come along to take people's eyes, hands, and minds away from the task of driving and be just as much of a hazard.

[DailyGrind51]

7. "Stupid people die in stupid ways"

Just don't take any smart people with them.

[woodsprite]

9. My daughter and I were following a state trooper on his cell last night.

We were either in his lane behind him, or next to him at the lights. If you time this one strip of road just right, you hit ALL the lights - which seemed to be what was happening. He was inching out into every intersection, and tried to go several times when the turn lane arrow turned green. It's a wonder he wasn't hit. Just as my daughter was taking out her cell phone to get a picture to show her dad, the last light turned green and we didn't hit one again along that strip. By that time, he was back at the station.

If he really wanted to get through the intersection, couldn't he have just flashed his lights or turned his top rack lights on? He was causing a lot of confusion at each intersection we came to because he was inching out.

[stray cat]

10. They kill and injure people who don't deserve it - just like DWIers

[customerserviceguy]

11. It's not just drivers

but train operators that have caused fatalities from texting. It's starting to creep into other places as well, a couple of the bartenders at my favorite beer bar are paying way too much attention to their cell phone texting than they do to the customers.

We lived fine without texting a couple of decades ago, why not just ban or eliminate it? 99.9999% of what is texted is either non-essential, or can easily be conveyed by a verbal phone message even if it is important.

Are we waiting for some magic number of people to die? That's what it took to get the DWI level down to 0.08% with something that's been around a lot longer than texting.

[old mark]

12. Similar to drunk drivers - I don't care when they kill themselves, but they

usually manage to take many others along with them.


mark

[tavalon]

13. Yes, but it isn't usually suicide by car, it takes out a few around them

who are conspicuously not texting but trying to get out of the idiots harms way.

[old mark]

15. Similar to drunk drivers - I don't care when they kill themselves, but they

usually manage to take many others along with them.


mark

[havocmom]

16. Some (if not all) texting-addicted who do their 'hits' while they should be doing other things

are not dealing with reality. They are so uncomfortable with the 'here & now' that they have to escape. They think texting is a socially acceptable addiction for avoiding the here & now. They think they are cool, rather than face the fact that they are addicts.

I know a woman who grabs her device and starts texting when her boss sits down at her desk to ask her a question about something. Addict.

There will be texting rehab soon. Counselors will be comprised of former private contractors who worked for cheney/bush in Iraq.

[applegrove]

17. I was in a traffic jam and the guy behind me was texting I am sure. So his car wasn't

moving. It still pissed me off.

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. I don't think anyone is "too stupid to live".

[question everything]

19. We thank them for being organ donors

they are young so their hearts and other organs should be healthy and strong.