Finally! Here is something I actually agree with what Congress is doing! Nothing makes blood shoot out of my eyes faster than when I am in traffic and I see an idiot texting while steering with his knees!
Senate Introduces Bill to Ban Texting While Driving — A bill introduced today in the Senate would ban motorists from texting or sending e-mail messages while driving.
The bill would force states to write laws to prohibit messaging in vehicles or risk losing 25 percent of their annual federal highway money. Federal lawmakers have used similar strategies to force states to curb speeding and pass seat-belt laws. The new legislation would also set deadlines for regulators at the U.S. Transportation Department to devise minimum penalties for states to implement. States would have two years to enact their own laws.
Frankly I never understood the appeal of texting. Now don’t get me wrong. I am a major techno-geek. I can remember when the “world wide web” didn’t have pictures! I can remember when email addresses used an exclamation point instead of the at sign! But for the life of me I do not see the appeal to texting!
A few weeks ago I took the family to the bowling alley. On one side of us were two teenage girls. They were texting like crazy in between balls. At one point I notice that there were three teenage boys on the other side of us also texting like crazy. Finally I realized that they were texting back and forth to each other! What is the point of that!? I almost stood up and said THEY ARE RIGHT OVER THERE! It took you longer to type ‘h-e-l-l-o’ and press send than it would to take 5 steps to the left and actually TALK to them!
Texting is like a drug to these people. I am convinced that they are addicted to it! And they act like babies when they can’t have it!
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