I’m glad someone is finally doing something about the texting of drivers, but feel we need to include this to extend to all drivers not just commercial drivers. I do alot of driving and see people of non-commercial vehicle texting and driving all the time. I feel they make up more of the distraction then just commercial driver. So we should also do something about them.

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 spends most of his time traveling & a cell phone is his only means of contacting important people in his life, he still should respect his own life & the lives of others sharing the road by only making his calls at a rest stop or parking lot with his car or truck turned off.

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!

Regulation Room,

Distracted driving due to cell phones can be stopped.
Making it illegal won’t stop the carnage.
Making it impossible will.

Software now exists that renders cellphones inoperable when the built-in GPS indicates the phone is moving over some threshold, e.g. 10 mph.

You can purchase and install this software now.

Legislation that forces manufacturers to make this software part of the phone’s firmware can be used to stop distracted driving.

Just look at our drunk driving laws. They are total failures.

People get killed by drunk drivers every day.

This technological problem can be totally solved by technology.

Driving while texting is DWB – Driving While Blind.. You may as well be blind.

It has already been proven that cell phone use in cars renders driver safety statistics comparable to drunk driving, regardless of whether they are doing it hands free or not.

And the carnage continues.

If the cost of injury or death isn’t enough to deter drivers, then perhaps imprisonment, steep fines, or awards for injury/death/damages or any combination of these will help greatly reduce the number of accidents caused by inattention due to cell phone calls and/or texting.

I’m realistic enough to know that 100% will not be achieved. However, for those who think they can beat the odds/flout the law, the price should be steep when the Piper demands his due.

Again, the simplest of questions should quickly end the debate of excuses – “while operating a motor vehicle, is any cell phone call or text message worth the risk of injury or death to yourself or other people?”