Texting while driving..

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Originally Posted by G-rig

Just takes practice to text while driving and depends how good you are at multiple tasking.

I wouldn't recommend it to young drivers though, but returning a text can wait till ur stopped at a set of lights etc.

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You should be concentrating 100% on driving when you're driving. Not on reading or sending SMS messages, or on looking at things other than the road and the other vehicles on it.

None of us are perfect, but when you can so easily avoid a distraction by simply ignoring it...

I've got to make the comment as to why an add like this is even necessary? On what planet would it be considered normal to text and drive at the same time?
As Maverick said attitudes and skills are where the focus needs to be.

Mickey started to get into it, these things need to be coming in at the school level showing kids the effect of crashes and teaching them common sense in the first place.

Cheers,
Trent

Hmm interesting, I wouldn't recommend it but its easy enough to text and drive just concentrate extra hard and you'll be fine! :rolleyes:

Lol everyone who says its OK to text while driving is a goose.

Its the stupidest thing you can do while driving. I have NEVER seen someone text and drive in a straight line. No mater how good you think you are, if something unexpected happens you wont have the same reaction time. Sure its safe in a straight line where there are no unexpect variables but this is the real world and that doesnt excist.

I can't see why its that urgent to return a text, if its in a text it can wait. I guess some people are lonley and need all the attention they can get.

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Originally Posted by JoeVR

Resorting to scare tactics like this just seems like a failure on the governments/parents/schools behalf to educate young people about this issue. Imagine if everything that causes avoidable death was reenacted on TV to scare us from doing things, I already know I could hurt my mates and other road users by driving like a loon, not paying attention, and letting my car turn to a POS (< that last one doesn't get media attention), that's why I don't, I would really rather not have a graphic video of what it would be like otherwise.

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Some people with less braincells respond better to scare tactics, imo thouse same people shouldnt have a license but what can ya do.

Heres one a sumbled accros doings tests between being drunk and texting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbiHwGBsRr0&feature=fvw

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Originally Posted by Spyda

I guess some people are lonley and need all the attention they can get.

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They need to be hugged all the time bro :banana:

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Originally Posted by AusScare

I can't text while driving, and can barely text while walking, dam iphone.

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It's why I hate touch screen phones.... :banana:

as a paramedic, i can say that texting and driving, regardless of how multiskilled you think you are is just asking for trouble.

there is usually no one factor in motor collisions, inexperience, age, speed, distractions, ability all come into play. I see a lot of people on the road do a lot of dumb things, but texting must come a very close first.

if you are in the seat with the steering wheel in front, you are obliged for your safety and others to concerntrate on driving, so many things can happen quickly that you should be paying full attention.

if some texting idiot ran over my kid i would personally rip him out through his own air vent.....

I reckon talking on the phone is easier than texting...however they're both stupid and aren't really necessary whilst driving!
Stop and pull over if its an emergency and if not im sure it can wait :biggrin:

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Originally Posted by G-rig

Just takes practice to text while driving and depends how good you are at multiple tasking.

I wouldn't recommend it to young drivers though, but returning a text can wait till ur stopped at a set of lights etc.

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I'm a young driver, and I wouldn't recommend it to you (I'm assuming you're not a young driver?) because of what has been said already - it's impossible to drive 100% properly whilst doing it; and that's the bottom line.

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Originally Posted by Spyda

Lol everyone who says its OK to text while driving is a goose.

Its the stupidest thing you can do while driving. I have NEVER seen someone text and drive in a straight line. No mater how good you think you are, if something unexpected happens you wont have the same reaction time. Sure its safe in a straight line where there are no unexpect variables but this is the real world and that doesnt excist.

I can't see why its that urgent to return a text, if its in a text it can wait. I guess some people are lonley and need all the attention they can get.

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This takes the gold. This is exactly why it's illegal to be using anything in the car except the steering wheel...and maybe the gearknob :nana:

These video's are pointless for some (eg, the young drivers who aren't going to use their phones), but when you think about it, you're seeing a potential. This isn't going to happen every time, but it's what COULD happen; the minute any one person realises this, the video has made its point.


Just a quick note: I'm not having a dig at you G-rig, or anyone else. I'm adding to Spyda's point that it just should not be done, end of story.