If something bad happens as a predictable result of your bad behavior, then it isn’t an accident. Calling it an accident deflects blame from where blame properly belongs — with the person engaging in the bad behavior.
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Unfortunately, it’s isn’t just about texting. It’s about motorists thinking driving is so easy and uneventful that they don’t have to pay attention. Driving is also boring, people look for distractions to get through the time spent in their cars.
Your book title is so perfect: Drive less, live more…
Posted 02 May 2009 at 6:35 pm ¶Sorry, all I see is a map showing 301 Central? And a link to msnbc’s homepage? I’m confused. Or dumb.
Posted 03 May 2009 at 1:20 pm ¶Okay, after I posted my comment then it showed the video. Weird.
I agree with Keri, inattention is the worst, and how do you get drivers to pay attention?
Posted 03 May 2009 at 1:24 pm ¶Kelly… I wish I had an answer. I think, perhaps, what we need to do is find a way to encourage people to take driving more seriously. Considering the death toll and other negatives of driving, it seems to me that people ought to exercise maximum care. But they don’t. I’ve been guilty of this, too.
Posted 03 May 2009 at 8:37 pm ¶This was my attempt at working through the issues… it could be expanded upon:
Traffic Justice
Posted 04 May 2009 at 6:48 am ¶I like the “No Accident” title! This was no accident, it was inevitable based on the driver’s behavior.
Posted 04 May 2009 at 8:00 am ¶Part of the issue relates to discipline on the road. I see it all the time, lackadaisically draping the wrist across the top of the steering wheel, cruising in the left lane without any intention of passing, lack of signaling intentions, running red lights, honking at bikers, and we all know more examples.
I just don’t understand how we can continually kill 40,000 people a year on the roads of this country and still allow things like texting.
All cell phones have to have GPS in them now, determine some speed criteria and then disallow any use of the device. That would require pulling over and stopping to use the phone.
Good idea, Craig, except that it would also preclude any passengers in a vehicle from using their phone…I think if my teenagers were unable to text in the backseat, they may die of withdrawal symptoms before we arrive at our destination, and if I had to pull over every time one of them wanted to text, we’d never get there…
Posted 04 May 2009 at 5:04 pm ¶Kelly… Yep. I’ve had three teenage girls (including my daughter) sitting in the backseat of my Explorer (getting rid of it in three weeks) texting each other! Geez…
Posted 04 May 2009 at 8:20 pm ¶