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Do you TXT message while driving? (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=201979)

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 5471532)

FYI, I don't drive distracted, Jilly. I realize I have a responsibility to myself and others when I'm on the road.

sorry I hurt your feelings

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Originally Posted by Jilly (Post 5471546)

sorry I hurt your feelings

LOL, you're the one who seems butthurt over this, I was just responding to your accusation. Oh, and I'm sorry I had to be the one to point out your hypocrisy.

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 5471553)

LOL, you're the one who seems butthurt over this, I was just responding to your accusation. Oh, and I'm sorry I had to be the one to point out your hypocrisy.

thank you, I really have turned around and will never text another thing while driving...your comments have truly helped

I refuse to write or read text messages. Ever.

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Originally Posted by Jilly (Post 5471565)

thank you, I really have turned around and will never text another thing while driving...your comments have truly helped

Oh, you're ****ing hilarious. Maybe you should ask Guru how much fun it was to get broadsided with a carload of kids by some idiot who was distracted while driving.

wow, yeah, I saw it cb

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 5471634)

Oh, you're ****ing hilarious. Maybe you should ask Guru how much fun it was to get broadsided with a carload of kids by some idiot who was distracted while driving.

I'm gonna chalk this conversation up to me just having a sensitive day and be done with it. Seriously. I'm sorry.

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Originally Posted by Jilly (Post 5471653)

wow, yeah, I saw it cb

I should keep such personal assessments to myself.

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Originally Posted by Jilly (Post 5469079)

ftr, ass, I don't text with her in the car

So you're just trying to kill her mom. Good to know.

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Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 5469388)

I'll text when I'm at a stop light, rarely when I'm driving.

I know someone who does constantly, and she's never been in a wreck... she has a Sidekick and can type like 80 wpm on it, and doesn't do it in traffic or on the highway (much ;) ).

I think if you aren't glaring at your cellphone while texting, or steering with your knees because you have to use both hands, it's not much different than changing a CD or glancing at someone you're talking to.

I think some people's brains are wired to multitask and other people's are not... Those who don't pay enough attention while driving are going to be at a higher risk of being involved in an accident, regardless of what they're doing. Putting a cell phone in their hand just gives people an object to point to when they get into a wreck, instead of simply saying "they weren't paying attention".

They get into wrecks because they're changing a CD or talking to someone in the backseat or reaching for a french fry or talking on the phone or texting. I've done all of those things, as I'm sure many people do, and I've never been involved in a wreck.

The whole issue is overblown, IMO. If you aren't devoting enough attention to driving while texting, you probably weren't devoting enough attention to driving before texting.

Wow. You have a sample size of 2 which suggests it's safe.

Pay no attention to the myriad of evidence which shows your theory is bullshit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7621644.stm

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The RAC Foundation found average reaction times slowed by 35% when 17 to 24-year-olds drove in a simulator while writing or reading texts.

Nearly 50% of drivers aged between 18 and 24 texted while driving, it said.

Previous studies had found reactions were 21% slower among those who had taken cannabis and 12% slower among those who had drunk to the legal limit.

The texters also drifted out of lanes more and had poorer steering control.

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Originally Posted by luv (Post 5468712)

That's fine and dandy, but we're talking about texting.

ROFL

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Originally Posted by Simplex3 (Post 5471699)

So you're just trying to kill her mom. Good to know.

I'm sorry. I really am not. I'm not trying to ****ing kill anyone. or anyone's children. so I'm sorry. really, I seriously am.

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Originally Posted by Simplex3 (Post 5471727)

Wow. You have a sample size of 2 which suggests it's safe.

Pay no attention to the myriad of evidence which shows your theory is bullshit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7621644.stm

I think he is saying more to the point that the people that did have slower reactions would be doing something else anyway. Those same people in that study should be observed in real life without texting available and they would probably be doing something else to distract them.

On top of that, the study is for the youngest generation of drivers in which distractions are much higher based on their maturity level.

I would say that in general texting will take away people's attention. However, there are people that would not be bothered by it and there are others that would just be distracted by something else anyway.

I have, although it's not something I do often.