9 Responses to “Texting While Driving Ban Moving Along In Senate”

1. My2Cents on January 30th, 2012 9:51 pm

   If this bill would have already been passed I probably wouldn’t of had my rear end accident in 09′ which caused me to have (2) neck surgeries, (3) back surgeries, and right rotator cuff surgery……..all from a female in a extreme hurry going down Chumuckla highway to rear end me at 60 mph while I was making a right hand turn onto Wallace Lake road. I can only continue to pray that the ban is passed with much HIGHER ticket prices and points taken off their license.

2. Jane on January 29th, 2012 7:18 am

   Unfortunately, when people are texting they do not have full attention on the road, what is happening around them, and the weather/road conditions. Things can change in a hurry. I am concerned with the things happening around me and in front of me. Many times someone has swerved into my lane and I have had to move over in a hurry to avoid being side-swiped. If you aren’t paying full attention you will get hit. People stop suddenly, turn without blinkers on, etc. This law may help someone avoid being hurt/killed or at the least, their vehicle wrecked (and insurance rates go up).

3. Char on January 28th, 2012 8:46 am

   @SAM….you are right on….

   Texting is stupid while driving, it is an accident waiting to happen, BUT we have laws on the books they will NOT enforce NOW, and the only people who WILL observe this LAW are the people who always try to do the right thing.

   Example: The DOUBLE YELLOW LINES on highway 97, or the speed limit for that matter. The same people who didn’t care before, don’t care now, and won’t until they are DEAD or KILL SOMEONE ELSE. THEN they will still say it was someone else’s fault, THEY were going to SLOW, ETC, ETC.

4. considerthis on January 28th, 2012 7:16 am

   Perhaps the the state legislature should follow the lead of the Federal Railroad Administration in that it has mandated railroad train employees, while working, to turn off all personal electronic equipment and store them away. This, of coarse, includes cell phones. If an employee is caught with one, or more, of these devices turned on, they are subject to a fine up to $10000.00. Any other employee on the crew aware of this violation is also subject to heavy fines. They also have the right to search phone records if they feel it necessary.
   I don’t forsee any real strict laws such as this passed as there are too many welfare recipients with Droids, Ipads, Ipods, computers, etc. that the ACLU would
   have the law struck down by the courts.

5. sam on January 27th, 2012 5:17 pm

   we don’t need another law. it’s against the law to drink and drive. go by the bars. they ain’t baking cookies folks. how do they get home? yeah, i know
   , a designated driver. i’ve got 2.5 million for a house in skeeter flats too.

6. tallyho on January 27th, 2012 4:11 pm

   Here we go again, a million reasons why something should not be done and no one is thinking about other people whom they may kill. I think that every time some one has a wreck their cell phone should be taken and check to see if they were on the phone are texting at the time of the wreck. I bet you will be blow away at the results. But still you here how can they catch me, it could never happen to me, i’m to good a driver. Just like setting at a red light and watch how many run it on a cell phone. If you want to kill yourself, fine that is your business. but when you put my family at risk or myself then it is my business.

7. Molino Mom on January 27th, 2012 12:35 pm

   I for one, would support this law and think its almost necessary at this stage.
   However; I do not understand how they will be able to enforce it.
   My son is a teenage driver and we have had this talk many times. If he is ever caught texting while driving (by me, my husband or the law), he will lose his driving priviledges immediately!
   In our world today, lets be honest-this law is needed to enforce safer driving. I’m not by any means stating that this will stop drivers from having accidents, but I think it will, at the least, alleviate a little of it. Even if it only saves one life-it would well be worth it. We have to change laws as times change whether we like it or not.
   I’d rather the 16 year old new drivers out there know up front that this is against the law and hope and pray the abide by it. It will surely save many lives.

8. Elizabeth on January 27th, 2012 7:27 am

   How can this law possibly be implemented? No question that texting and driving is just plain stupid.

   The article says that its going to be a tag-on offense. Really though, when the blue lights start flashing anyone is going to discreetly slip their phone out of sight. Duh.

9. SW on January 27th, 2012 5:07 am

   So this is going to be a ’secondary violation’, eh? Won’t be long before they’ll be allowed to pull you over for it as an initial violation-i.e., the seatbelt law.

   I think texting and driving is dangerous and should not be done.

   But, why stop there, let’s stop eating, drinking, radio tuning, two-way radio (i.e., CB or Ham or business) talking, smoking, putting on makeup (or articles of clothing)/taking off of said makeup or article of clothing, talking to passengers, disciplining children, playing with pets, programming the GPS, etc. Rolling up and down of windows and watching the speedometer can be a distraction, too; let’s ban that.

   Any person caught without both hands on the wheel, good sitting posture, and eyes not looking straight ahead should be taken out and immediately flogged in public…or better yet, taken to one of those re-education camps.