youtube UK psa on texting

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by frownonfun

hmm... i disagree. on the upside the more i argue with you guys the more bad i feel for texting and driving. i mean, i don't do it all the time but seriously i could not do it at all.

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EDIT: but yeah... i'll make an effort not to text and drive anymore.

Cool - it's working.
Not to be an asshole, but - you said "many things in a car require you to look down." So how many things do you have to look down for? During the course of, say, a 30-minute drive.
Myself, the CDwith the mp3's ia always on "random", so I don't have to touch anything but the volume while driving (or if I have to switch I can find the "eject" button and listen to the radio) If you don't know where the gears are, and have to look at the top of the shift knob, then you be driving automatics. If you need to look down to adjust the vent controls, you haven't been driving this car long enough, and it will come.
If you need to scritch places that need scritching, you SHOULD be able to do that without looking
What else ya got that needs looking downn? Even the cup-holders are almost at eye level.
I'm just curious.

[frownonfun]

Originally Posted by SailDesign

Cool - it's working.
Not to be an asshole, but - you said "many things in a car require you to look down." So how many things do you have to look down for? During the course of, say, a 30-minute drive.
Myself, the CDwith the mp3's ia always on "random", so I don't have to touch anything but the volume while driving (or if I have to switch I can find the "eject" button and listen to the radio) If you don't know where the gears are, and have to look at the top of the shift knob, then you be driving automatics. If you need to look down to adjust the vent controls, you haven't been driving this car long enough, and it will come.
If you need to scritch places that need scritching, you SHOULD be able to do that without looking
What else ya got that needs looking downn? Even the cup-holders are almost at eye level.
I'm just curious.

well... i personally don't have that many things. so you've got me there. i've got a stereo that pulls my attention away from the road way more than any cell phone though. that's about it. and very seldom the A/C controls... sometimes i'm looking down to adjust those. but if just keeping your eyes on the road is your definition of being an attentive driver than i've already mentioned that when i text i don't look at the keys. so it should be ok right? as long as i'm not looking down?

i think what i'm trying to say is people can be willfully distracted by many other things in a vehicle without actually looking away from the road. just cause you are looking doesn't mean you are paying attention.


EDIT: and don't worry, i don't think you are being an asshole