Virginia will try to ban texting and driving and more

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I need to know where I am going. I have to follow directions through the map app ON MY PHONE. Back in the day, you had to wrestle a map.

There you go, you answered the question yourself. Are phones while driving necessary in order to get where you're going? No, people can use maps.

Oh, so rather than having me say "navigate to x address," you want me wrestling with a map while driving?!

You people are crazy.

What did you do before there were cell phones with map apps etc.?

I figured out where I was going before I got in the car. You can't possibly think messing around with a map while you're driving is safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so outdated, would be fine up through 2005, The technology exists that I can text and not pay attention, this ban should only be in place for legacy not crash avoidance vehicles

Texting and not paying attention is one of the major problems.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I need to know where I am going. I have to follow directions through the map app ON MY PHONE. Back in the day, you had to wrestle a map.

There you go, you answered the question yourself. Are phones while driving necessary in order to get where you're going? No, people can use maps.

Oh, so rather than having me say "navigate to x address," you want me wrestling with a map while driving?!

You people are crazy.

What did you do before there were cell phones with map apps etc.?

I figured out where I was going before I got in the car. You can't possibly think messing around with a map while you're driving is safe.

Great. Please go back to doing it that way. Using the phone while driving is not safe.

[Anonymous]

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Because you're such an expert on what should and shouldn't be allowed in cars.

Dude, it's not me, personally. Distracted driving is a known phenomenon that there is plenty of research about. And people said the exact same thing about drinking and driving. You would have said, "Because you're such an expert on how much I can drink before it impairs my driving. " You might even have gone on to say, "I'm a better driver after 4 beers than you are when you're sober," or some such.

WTF?

The difference is that hands-free capabilities are built into cars. When have safety standards EVER condoned drinking and driving?!

Your comment has zero logical basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I need to know where I am going. I have to follow directions through the map app ON MY PHONE. Back in the day, you had to wrestle a map.

There you go, you answered the question yourself. Are phones while driving necessary in order to get where you're going? No, people can use maps.

Oh, so rather than having me say "navigate to x address," you want me wrestling with a map while driving?!

You people are crazy.

What did you do before there were cell phones with map apps etc.?

I figured out where I was going before I got in the car. You can't possibly think messing around with a map while you're driving is safe.

Great. Please go back to doing it that way. Using the phone while driving is not safe.

I use my car's built-in system the way it was meant to be used and have never been in an accident. I think I'm going to trust the people who designed my car and got it approved above randos on the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I need to know where I am going. I have to follow directions through the map app ON MY PHONE. Back in the day, you had to wrestle a map.

There you go, you answered the question yourself. Are phones while driving necessary in order to get where you're going? No, people can use maps.

Oh, so rather than having me say "navigate to x address," you want me wrestling with a map while driving?!

You people are crazy.

What did you do before there were cell phones with map apps etc.?

I figured out where I was going before I got in the car. You can't possibly think messing around with a map while you're driving is safe.

And if you got lost, you pulled over and asked for directions or pulled out a map (unless you were a made-for-TV man who just drove around in circles while your wife nagged you).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I need to know where I am going. I have to follow directions through the map app ON MY PHONE. Back in the day, you had to wrestle a map.

There you go, you answered the question yourself. Are phones while driving necessary in order to get where you're going? No, people can use maps.

Oh, so rather than having me say "navigate to x address," you want me wrestling with a map while driving?!

You people are crazy.

What did you do before there were cell phones with map apps etc.?

I figured out where I was going before I got in the car. You can't possibly think messing around with a map while you're driving is safe.

Great. Please go back to doing it that way. Using the phone while driving is not safe.

I use my car's built-in system the way it was meant to be used and have never been in an accident. I think I'm going to trust the people who designed my car and got it approved above randos on the internet.

That's what people who drank and drive said, too. "I'm the best judge of how much I can drink! I've never been in a crash!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Because you're such an expert on what should and shouldn't be allowed in cars.

Dude, it's not me, personally. Distracted driving is a known phenomenon that there is plenty of research about. And people said the exact same thing about drinking and driving. You would have said, "Because you're such an expert on how much I can drink before it impairs my driving. " You might even have gone on to say, "I'm a better driver after 4 beers than you are when you're sober," or some such.

WTF?

The difference is that hands-free capabilities are built into cars. When have safety standards EVER condoned drinking and driving?!

Your comment has zero logical basis.

Until the mid 1980s, in the US.

[Anonymous]

Wow y'all are seriously going back and forth about this.

What's the big deal? Do what you want.

If you wanna text and drive, be on the phone and drive, drink and drive, smoke meth and drive, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

Just try not to run into anybody or break any traffic laws and in all likelihood you should be able to get with it.

No need to stress people.

[Anonymous]

Fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow y'all are seriously going back and forth about this.

What's the big deal? Do what you want.

If you wanna text and drive, be on the phone and drive, drink and drive, smoke meth and drive, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

Just try not to run into anybody or break any traffic laws and in all likelihood you should be able to get with it.

No need to stress people.

If you wanna run red lights, drive 100 mph, put your 3-year-old behind the wheel, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow y'all are seriously going back and forth about this.

What's the big deal? Do what you want.

If you wanna text and drive, be on the phone and drive, drink and drive, smoke meth and drive, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

Just try not to run into anybody or break any traffic laws and in all likelihood you should be able to get with it.

No need to stress people.

If you wanna run red lights, drive 100 mph, put your 3-year-old behind the wheel, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

Just FYI, when you equate using a hands-free system provided by your car company with running red lights, driving 100 MPH, and letting your 3 year old drive, you sound insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow y'all are seriously going back and forth about this.

What's the big deal? Do what you want.

If you wanna text and drive, be on the phone and drive, drink and drive, smoke meth and drive, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

Just try not to run into anybody or break any traffic laws and in all likelihood you should be able to get with it.

No need to stress people.

If you wanna run red lights, drive 100 mph, put your 3-year-old behind the wheel, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

Just FYI, when you equate using a hands-free system provided by your car company with running red lights, driving 100 MPH, and letting your 3 year old drive, you sound insane.

Are you the "you're insane" PP? Please put your phone away when you drive. We share the road with you, and you're endangering us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow y'all are seriously going back and forth about this.

What's the big deal? Do what you want.

If you wanna text and drive, be on the phone and drive, drink and drive, smoke meth and drive, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

Just try not to run into anybody or break any traffic laws and in all likelihood you should be able to get with it.

No need to stress people.

If you wanna run red lights, drive 100 mph, put your 3-year-old behind the wheel, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

Just FYI, when you equate using a hands-free system provided by your car company with running red lights, driving 100 MPH, and letting your 3 year old drive, you sound insane.

Are you the "you're insane" PP? Please put your phone away when you drive. We share the road with you, and you're endangering us.

I'm really not. I'm using the system my car provided, in the way it was intended. I've never even gotten close to getting into an accident.

Also, since you seem to misunderstand how these systems work: since they are hands-free, I never have to touch my phone, so telling me to "put the phone away" is illogical. I'm using a voice command system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow y'all are seriously going back and forth about this.

What's the big deal? Do what you want.

If you wanna text and drive, be on the phone and drive, drink and drive, smoke meth and drive, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

Just try not to run into anybody or break any traffic laws and in all likelihood you should be able to get with it.

No need to stress people.

If you wanna run red lights, drive 100 mph, put your 3-year-old behind the wheel, etc. - HEY...DO YOU!!

Just FYI, when you equate using a hands-free system provided by your car company with running red lights, driving 100 MPH, and letting your 3 year old drive, you sound insane.

Are you the "you're insane" PP? Please put your phone away when you drive. We share the road with you, and you're endangering us.

I'm really not. I'm using the system my car provided, in the way it was intended. I've never even gotten close to getting into an accident.

Also, since you seem to misunderstand how these systems work: since they are hands-free, I never have to touch my phone, so telling me to "put the phone away" is illogical. I'm using a voice command system.

PP, it's the same as everybody believing that they are above-average drivers.

Hand-free driving is still distracted driving. When you use your car system, you are a distracted driver. Distracted driving increases your chances of a crash. It doesn't guarantee that you'll get into a crash, just like smoking cigarettes doesn't guarantee that you'll get lung cancer. But it increases the chances.

If whatever you're using the voice command system for in your car is so important, then pull over and use it. If it's not important enough to warrant pulling over, then it can wait.