There is a reason why texting has been banned while you are driving. For one, it takes your eyes off the road and will bring you nearer to accidents. When you drive a car, focus on the road and knowing how you handle your car are important. Outside of physical harm to yourself, you are also imperiling the lives of local commuters if you don’t watch where you are going.

Various laws have been passed to discipline drivers. But if you observe, people just cannot avoid texting or entertaining calls while driving. For voice calls, we have seen the offering of hand-free devices to accommodate executives on the go. But as far as texting is concerned, even the people who memorize the text keys are open to potent dangers coming their way.

Alaska, Minnesota, New Jersey and Washington recently enacted laws that ban sending text messages while driving; 13 other states are reportedly considering similar legislation.

“The potential legal implications of texting while driving go far beyond the possibility of a mere traffic violation,” said Stephanie Rahlfs, an attorney at FindLaw.com. “In the case of a traffic accident, proof that the driver was texting while driving may be used to help prove liability for an accident, even in states that do not ban texting while driving.”

(Source) Canadian Driver

The laws are set in almost every country in the world. What needs to be done is to lay them with an iron hand. When that happens, perhaps we can be better drivers and live longer.

Written by Marcel on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In Most states in the US, texting is now considered a traffic violation with a hefty $1,800 fine that is causing much of a stir. Drivers argue that there are other more dangerous activities that are just as accident causing as texting such as; turning to get a fallen toy to stop a baby crying, tuning the radio, watching you favorite movie on the LCD screen which is part of today’s multi-function displays and much more. There is actually credence behind the claim for the human eye only has an area of vision which is around a couple of inches square. Everything that falls out of that region you can see but am not too particular about and is considered to be peripheral vision. Many accidents are happening because of the growing entertainment equipment that is now standard on all vehicles. Most cars have a standard audio system by default but add-on’s can have LCD screens for all passengers and sadly even within view of the driver which distracts them from their assigned tasks.
Using the cellphone without a hand’s-free unit has already been approved sometime back and is now a common violation which many still commit and get fined for. Any distraction, however slight can cause a gap in concentration driving being a highly sense dependent activity that relies on fast reflexes that can mean the difference between a crash and a near miss when on the roads. New camera’s are making the apprehension of these violators possible which take pictures of the plate number along with a wider shot of the driver and plate combo to prevent disputes from ever happening. So texters beware, the cops are out to get ya.

Written by Marcel on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment