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The link for the NSC study mentioned in the post appears broken. Is there somewhere else we should look?
Update: Here is a link to the NSC White Paper: http://bit.ly/9w7L7R
A driver in California recently caused an accident because he spilled his coffee. Another driver almost wrecked because he was trying to light a cigarette. The bottom line is that ANY distraction while driving a car can cause an accident. Where do we draw the line? Also, there are millions of people out there who are completely capable of using their cell phone AND driving, at the same time. Are we proposing that they should be punished, for the inabilities of others? For people who spend much of their time in the car, this time might be their only chance to communicate with loved ones, do business, or make important calls. If they are physically capable to use their phones safely while driving, why restrict their freedoms?
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With all due respect , how can anyone contend citizens can’t be protected from drivers who insist on texting while driving on public roads? Public officials should take the time to look at: http://www.nsc.org/DistractedDrivingDocuments/Cognitive-Distraction-White-Paper.pdf.aspx
Specifically page 7 where FACTS tell you WHY you can walk & chew gum at the same time but CAN NOT drive & SAFELY use a cell at the same time.
Too many LIVES have already been lost or destroyed so drivers can claim FREEDOM to use a cell while driving. They are FREE to do as they please while others don’t even have the basic freedom to stay alive while traveling our nation’s roadways.
Even when a driver… more »
Safety should remain paramount as a dead person has actually found the ultimate freedom FROM life in our hectic world.
Thank you for considering this life & death matter NOW!
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I am an advocate of “Turn Off Cell B/4 Driving!” & have been since 1/13/10.
In this short period of time, I’ve learned that accomplishing this nationwide will be slow & difficult. If only it would be as easy as taking the seatbelt “Click It or Ticket” laws passed in the 1960’s & adding “Click Off Cell!”!
We need to encourage drivers to look at the National Safety Council’s White Paper found at http://www.nsc.org/DistractedDrivingDocuments/Cognitive-Distraction-White-Paper.pdf
Any driver that glanced at this with “heart” (i.e. w/eyes open & willing to understand) would never drive while talking on a cell phone again. Every excuse I’ve ever heard a driver use when… more »
Even the old “I can walk while chewing gum!” excuse is covered on page 7: Sure you really can because two different parts of the brain are being used; driving while talking on a cell phone requires the SIMULTANEOUS use of the SAME PARTS of the brain! You’ve heard this warning many times: DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS!!
All legislators should be required to look at this report BEFORE VOTING on Distracted Driving issues.
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In 2004,… the driver failed to move out of the low-clearance lane while talking on a cellphone.” This “accident” happened in 2004! He was TALKING on a CELLPHONE!
IMO, “Turn Off Cell B/4 Driving!” should have become law long B/4 NOW!! All these years have gone by, hundreds of LIVES have been lost, & our society is just NOW starting to work on this issue? AND we think we need to start with small steps like banning TEXTING (& sometimes in just commercial vehicles?)?
SOMEHOW, we NEED to make “Turn Off Cell B/4 Driving!” become as common as fastening our seatbelts. The sooner, the better & the more lives will be saved.
The quickest, easiest solution is to take the “Click It or Ticket” laws already in force (after much… more »
Since, in reality, I know the government can’t (or won’t) do anything in a simple, easy, straight-forward manner, I offer the next best solution: EACH of us MUST spread this important safety message to AS MANY DRIVERS as we possibly can, as QUICKLY as we can, in order to make our roads safer for ourselves & our loved ones TODAY!
To help each of you do so, I offer this fun, inexpensive, quick, effective answer to reaching those people that THINK THEY are in the 2% – 2 1/2% of drivers who MAY be able to SAFELY(?) drive while talking on a cell phone:
Buy 1 pkg. of Avery 5260 labels, go to this site
http://myplace.frontier.com/~DriveSafely/
Print out 24 pages x 30 = 720 “Turn Off Cell B/4 Driving!” stickers to stick directly to cell phones, drivers’ side visors, to wear; to share 1 @ a time, in strips of 10, or in sheets of 30; or to give to children so they can participate in this safety campaign by giving stickers to neighbors, friends & their parents, & their teachers. Be sure to save the final page of 30 to print out the site directions so others can go print their OWN stickers!
In this way EACH one of you can reach 720 people PLUS 30 x 720 = 21,600 MORE! THINK about this: each of THOSE can do that, too!!
We WILL save lives NOW! Please don’t wait for the government to do this for you…
To help more: On Facebook join group Drive Safely: Don’t Use Your Cell Phone While Driving (NOT the same as Drive Safely, another group I joined) or see Facebook PAGE: Turn Off Cell B/4 Driving.
If you have read this far, I know you are interested in this issue. Now please, DO SOMETHING to stop these unsafe conditions on our roads B/4 we lose MORE people to what we can NOT call “ACCIDENTS” as they ARE PREVENTABLE!!
THANK YOU for ANYTHING you choose to do to help! Have a SAFE DAY!!
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