Thanks for the agreement. I do see a need to ban it for drivers that just get a hard-card, weather a new driver, or an adult getting a lisc for whatever reason. It’s common sense, something too many people lack today.

Thanks for the comment!

Thanks for the reply – No offense taken. If you were put off by my ‘lumping in’ of all young drivers, and you’ve got a spotless record, then good for you. – I’m noting the complete idiots that shouldn’t have a little drivers license because they can’t find a blinker, enjoy riding my trunk like it’s Daytona or other are craptastic drivers. That’s who this was aimed at, but as Bill said, it’s another pointless thing. – Why not have our enforcement officials (which I’ve recently contributed to) keep looking for the drunk drivers, the jaywalkers, and start collecting on all the small petty offenses that have been forgotten about for 20 years, instead of making up new petty things that will be forgotten about just Improper Lane Change, Failure to Signal Lane Change and oh, maybe Tailgating. – I value the back end of my gas guzzling SUV, and would prefer some jackass not cut me off, in a snowstorm and knowing they were in the wrong for jumping a curb, flick me off for being a safe driver, and not allowing the wanker to cut me off!

Anyways, – Student – If you’ve got a clean driving record, congrats, and keep it going. – Being a good driver isn’t learned from a book, it’s learned from driving, knowing your abilities as a driver, and knowing your vehicles abilities and the combination of the two to be a defensive driver and anticipating accidents. – Not sure if they still teach this, but I was instructed to keep an eye on the car directly ahead of you for brake lights, but look 2 or 3 cars up as well.

We have to analyze three documents and write an essay on the pros and cons of the texting laws as presented in them. This is one of the documents.

My sophomore friends and I were a little offended by reading your opinion of our poor driving skills. Please, do not act as though inexperience mixed with texting is the only situation in which a collision might happen. You are correct that ‘kids’ should not text while driving, but that’s because nobody should. “Having a great deal of windshield time” doesn’t mean that you have developed super human reaction skills.

And I agree that the law hasn’t stopped the texting while driving to a favorable extent. However, just because discreetly breaking the law is more dangerous than openly breaking it doesn’t mean it should be removed altogether. The law was made so drivers are discouraged from dangerous activities, and while teens should follow the law, adults like you should feel obliged to set the example. You don’t need to text while driving, ever. If it’s that big of a deal, pull over.

Your blog is only making people feel justified for breaking the law. You guys are all whiners, kind of like teens. [like me, right now] Stop texting while driving because of all the aforementioned reasons and because, frankly, it’s kind of pathetic to be that attached to your phone anyway.

I apologize that this is long, practically a rant and I don’t even know you. And I know you’re not the only person who feels this way, so don’t take it too personally. But I needed to make this point for the sake of all kids, texters and non-texters alike: Teens aren’t the only bad drivers. Adults need to be responsible too.

This is nothing more than a “save the children” law that is pointless. Let’s stop making pointless and redundant laws just so that the prosecutor can add another count to the docket when someone is arrested for causing an accident.