The abundance of people that text and drive

[Anonymous]

Don't worry OP. Soon, people won't ever need to leave their house ever again and you'll be perfectly safe. Telework, uber eats, uber, grocery delivery, ordering stuff online, and self-driving cars; it will be surprising if people still remember how to engage in conversation.

[Anonymous]

I’m with ya, OP! This is a huge public health issue, yet it’s accepted. I hate that people are OK with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It bothers the hell out of me, OP. My husband and I are both very careful about it, even having the non-driver read aloud and respond to emails/texts that can't wait, but we seem to be in the minority. We commute in together most days and comment constantly on all the people texting and reading on their phones while actively driving. We even saw a woman face-timing once.

There's no such thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry OP. Soon, people won't ever need to leave their house ever again and you'll be perfectly safe. Telework, uber eats, uber, grocery delivery, ordering stuff online, and self-driving cars; it will be surprising if people still remember how to engage in conversation.

Uber Eats, Uber, grocery delivery, and stuff ordered on line all require people to deliver it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't worry OP. Soon, people won't ever need to leave their house ever again and you'll be perfectly safe. Telework, uber eats, uber, grocery delivery, ordering stuff online, and self-driving cars; it will be surprising if people still remember how to engage in conversation.

Uber Eats, Uber, grocery delivery, and stuff ordered on line all require people to deliver it.

Nope—not for much longer. Bring on the drones, baby!

[Anonymous]

Driverless cars are coming. They will be safer and cheaper, and people will be able to text to their hearts content. Until then, pray that you and your loved ones aren't hit/maimed or killed by some idiot who decided their text couldn't wait.

[Anonymous]

People don't text while driving anymore, they livestream or Facetime.

[Anonymous]

I'm always tempted to pull up and honk and wag my finger at the A$$ texting and driving, yet realize the driver would probably hit me.

Like that would change their behavior anyway.

Us non-texters are a rare and dying breed.

[Anonymous]

I answer email/text/Facetime all while "driving" but I have a Tesla so it drives for me.

Fully autonomous cars will solve this problem.

[Anonymous]

I hate these people so much. What are they even doing on the phone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I answer email/text/Facetime all while "driving" but I have a Tesla so it drives for me.

Fully autonomous cars will solve this problem.

Currently, what fully-autonomous cars do is kill people. Please stay off your phone while you're driving, even if you're driving a Tesla.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't worry OP. Soon, people won't ever need to leave their house ever again and you'll be perfectly safe. Telework, uber eats, uber, grocery delivery, ordering stuff online, and self-driving cars; it will be surprising if people still remember how to engage in conversation.

Uber Eats, Uber, grocery delivery, and stuff ordered on line all require people to deliver it.

Nope—not for much longer. Bring on the drones, baby!

Driverless cars are still very far away. And may fail the first time north korea hacks it during a mess terrorist attack, burning public trust for at least a generation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where ya been?

It's the norm. 95% of the population texts and drives. This isn't new, OP.

It's not new, but it is really bad, and it won't stop until there's a successful campaign to treat people who text/phone while driving like drunk drivers.

Yes! What can an average citizen do to spearhead this?

+1 I see so many people texting and driving (I'm a big walker). What should I do? Take a picture of them and their license plate? How would I send it to the police?

You can text DC police at 50411, just not sure if they'll follow up on it.
https://mpdc.dc.gov/service/text-police-50411

Please try, though.

Taking pictures of license plates while you are driving is just as dangerous. The best thing you can do is pay attention to the road - which clearly, you are not doing- and drive defensive. Yes, something needs to be done. But you are a distracted driver as well at this point.

[Anonymous]

I say it depends on how you define "drive".

If you're moving, then I take issue with that. That's a problem. That's compromising safety.

If you're sitting in traffic, crawling and stopping over and over... that's not driving. That's moving a few feet every minute.

My commute is 3 miles. But traffic is horrendous. It can sometimes take 45'minutes to go THREE miles. I only drive it during bad weather or when I'm going someplace right after work, the est of the time I bike if I'm in a hurry, or I walk.


But I refuse to accept that me texting or doing anything else on my phone is a danger to anyone when I'm sitting in traffic having not moved for four minutes.

These stupid zero tolerance policies are just as dumb as the ones they have for kids in school, where a 14 year old girl gets suspended for "drug possession" because she has Midol.

It's stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I say it depends on how you define "drive".

If you're moving, then I take issue with that. That's a problem. That's compromising safety.

If you're sitting in traffic, crawling and stopping over and over... that's not driving. That's moving a few feet every minute.

My commute is 3 miles. But traffic is horrendous. It can sometimes take 45'minutes to go THREE miles. I only drive it during bad weather or when I'm going someplace right after work, the est of the time I bike if I'm in a hurry, or I walk.


But I refuse to accept that me texting or doing anything else on my phone is a danger to anyone when I'm sitting in traffic having not moved for four minutes.

These stupid zero tolerance policies are just as dumb as the ones they have for kids in school, where a 14 year old girl gets suspended for "drug possession" because she has Midol.

It's stupid.

I was rear-ended in my car while pregnant by a woman in stop and go traffic you described. Put your effing phone down.