Anything that goes on in a car will distract the driver. Eating, talking to passengers, slapping you child, whatever. But Texting, or even using the Garmin, requires one to take their eyes of the road. Attention span not withstanding, that should be the primary criteria for any legislation.
The beauty or laws against Texting is that we can often determine if someone was texting at the time of impact. Sadly the beauty of texting is that we can detemine if someone
was texting, which dosen't help the victims.
At the same time, we cannot determine that someone was grabbing a french fry at the time. Both are stupid acts, not the fault of the driver but the greedy Corporations that sell the phones and the Big Macs
It is a new world order. Responsible governments now work to protect the foolish and the lazy. At the expense of the rest of us.
Here is a well known natural law.
"Danger is Mother Nature's way of getting rid of stupid people."
It appears to be the mission of Congress to repeal that law.
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