Just watch it:

Seen it before. There's a better one. I don't text and drive anyway.

Anyone texting and driving SHOULD crash. Into something rather solid.

The only time I'll text is if its really important and I'm stopped at a light. Even then I have speech to text so I never actually take my eyes off the road.

Stupid to text while in motion, I'm all for banning phone calls too. Too many retards more focus on their conversation then driving

i txt and drive. a lot actually.

me too haha all the time. well unless its yucky ut and then i dont

i txt and drive. a lot actually.

Hand over the goat before you wreck it

Yes, it is a problem.

i haven't ever had a close call with txting. txt when its logical. its not hard. see a large gap of no one in front and no cross streets where no one can pull out? go for it. do you sit there and change songs on the radio? do any of you have your ipod/mp3 player hooked up via aux and you change the song at some point? okay then.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LCmStIw9E&feature=related

i haven't ever had a close call with txting. txt when its logical. its not hard. see a large gap of no one in front and no cross streets where no one can pull out? go for it. do you sit there and change songs on the radio? do any of you have your ipod/mp3 player hooked up via aux and you change the song at some point? okay then.

Erik you may be the few that can do it responsibly but in my experience with others on the road, I'm tired of having to be a million more times defensive in my driving because of these maniacs and their phones on the road.

I think phones have evolved to an excellent use of technology but I still believe the majority of people can't handle it while driving, let alone walking...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LCmStIw9E&feature=related

This is the one that I'm talking about. WAY better imo.

Erik you may be the few that can do it responsibly but in my experience with others on the road, I'm tired of having to be a million more times defensive in my driving because of these maniacs and their phones on the road.

I think phones have evolved to an excellent use of technology but I still believe the majority of people can't handle it while driving, let alone walking...

Ill agree that im a good multitasker and one who prizes his car at that. I see a bunch of people txting and driving and swerving around like jackasses. call me hypocritical but that pisses me off. if you can't handle it, put it down. my fiance can attest that I will be txting and driving and something will go down like pull out in front of me or an intersection approaching and i will just drop my phone into my lap and focus hard on the situation at hand. no txt is worth your car/life. know when and when not to txt and it wont be a problem. if you are someone who gets zoned in on the phone, then dont do it.

If you knew when not to text while driving, you wouldn't do it at all.

"It won't be a problem" - famous last words.

The problem with this is especially with young girls who say they can multi-task. Multi-tasking is an illusion. You are actually taking your focus away from your primary task even for a second to re-focus on another task. I will not do it and it drives my boss nuts that I will not answer him when I am driving. Since I head the Health and Safety Committee he lays off real quick.

If you knew when not to text while driving, you wouldn't do it at all.

"It won't be a problem" - famous last words.

ive done it since i've had a license really. so on a big ass straight away with no cars around its a problem? you dont change radio stations or eat a hamburger while driving?if you do either of these you take away focus therefore, apparently, it shouldn't be done. dont roll down the windows or adjust HVAC controls either cuz you also dont look then either.

Because a 'big ass straight' is a guarantee that no one will step in front of you, no car will cut you off, or nothing in general will ever happen.

Me personally, I don't eat while driving. If I must change a radio station or adjust a window though, that requires pressing one button which doesn't require looking or my attention for more than a split-second. An action like that, and typing out a message one button at a time on a cell phone are not comparable.

Put that thing away before your luck runs out. Just because you've managed to get away without any consequences so far doesn't mean it'll work like that forever.

Studies have shown (I believe it was in the book 'Driving') that once you take your eyes away from the road for 3 seconds or more, your likelihood of an accident rises dramatically. Pressing a radio station button or a window button doesn't require anywhere near 3 seconds of looking, if any at all. Texting on the other hand, that means continually looking back at the phone.

Drive defensively, instead of under the illusion that everything around you is fine and safe.

Put that thing away before your luck runs out. Just because you've managed to get away without any consequences so far doesn't mean it'll work like that forever.

Studies have shown (I believe it was in the book 'Driving') that once you take your eyes away from the road for 3 seconds or more, your likelihood of an accident rises dramatically. Pressing a radio station button or a window button doesn't require anywhere near 3 seconds of looking, if any at all. Texting on the other hand, that means continually looking back at the phone.

Drive defensively, instead of under the illusion that everything around you is fine and safe.

Sage advice!!

But the sad thing is everybody thinks they can do it..Everyone thinks exactly like Crimson does..I'm not going to deny that I haven't texted while driving, while it's rare, I've done it...But I don't think it's worth my life, no matter how good at multi-tasking I am..I've seen to many inattentive people, especially while on my motorcycle.. I agree with Twenty, put the phone down before your luck runs out..

pass. and twenty im talking about a straight away without side roads. so no one COULD pull out in front of me. unless someone is offroading in a jeep and drives out into the road to T-bone me, i think ill be safe. im one of the most defensive drivers there is i.e. braking as people approach the stop at a side street because i fear they may pull out too far, etc etc. you can SMARTLY txt and drive. do it with reason and continue to look up at the road in intervals when you know what you are typing without looking (i most often do this)

my wife gets mad at me when she sends me a text and i dont answere because im driving, i also dont eat while driving.

You may text all the time and have everything memorized but your subconcious tells you to look, pressing a button for your window is the least as well as turning the song on your radio. im all for it ban the hell out of it.