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Tennessee To Ban Texting While Driving
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Americans are adept at adopting new technology, and texting (sending a text message via a cell phone) is one of the new tools that has been easily learned and utilized among a population that seems driven to constant communication -- and in many cases, driven to distraction.
Take the rise in incidents in which someone writing or reading a text message while driving ends up causing a bad wreck. Several states have enacted or are considering laws to ban texting while driving.Add Tennessee to the list of places where fumbling with a digital device while driving may soon be illegal, following a trend that is picking up speed around the country.
New Jersey and Washington State already ban the activity and the proposed Tennessee law would slap offenders with a $50 fine plus a $10 court cost. The Tennessee state senate transportation committee has already had a hearing on the bill, introduced by Republican state senator Jim Tracy. The state House has not yet scheduled hearings as the Senate won't be voting for at least another two weeks.
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My standard answer was, "How the hell do I know? You called ME." It turns out that mine was the first number that came to their minds any time they happened to be bored. Maybe I should found this flattering but, in truth, it only caused me to conclude that I need to get some new friends who have something going on in their lives.
One day, after I had pulled off the road to answer three or four "What's Up" calls, I decided that enough was enough. I wasn't having a very good day anyway, and those stupid phone calls only added to the level of frustration and anger I was feeling that day. The legal speed limit on most of our back roads is 45 mph, but I'd bet everything in my pockets that I was doing a solid fifty. Looking back, I'm thankful there were no cops around, as I probably would have gone to jail, being that far over the legal limit.
So there I was, careening down the road at the break-neck speed of fifty miles per hour when I heard, "Incoming message from the Big Giant Head!" Without stopping or even slowing down, I dug the offending instrument out of my pocket and chucked it out the window. I paid for that phone for fourteen months after I had thrown it away, but it was worth it; I was finally liberated.
Now, when my friends get bored, they call me and talk to my answering machine. It gets invitations to parties, class reunions and other social functions but, so far, the machine hasn't accepted any of them.
Jim
Many people use bluetooth and don't need to take their eyes off the road, but I still think it interferes with their concentration. I was talking to someone who wanted to take down my number and other information. I said "I'll wait until you stop later" and his answer was "I've gotten really good at driving with my knees." I don't think this is going to stop, since it's very hard for a cop to know if someone is using an earpiece. I've been in store restrooms and heard people chatting while they're on the toilet. There's not privacy any more. Of course we've all seen people walking around taking pics of cereal at the supermarket, as if food isn't already overpriced. "Honey, is this the one you want?" What a crazy world!
Talking on a cell while driving is distracting even with hands free so make every effort to avoid it.
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