Texting while driving?

[Phil Thien]

I know there are laws against, but I see more texting while driving than ever before. It seems like if I am next to another car on a two-lane road, that there is about a one in ten chance that the other driving is texting. Under thirty-YO people, mostly.

It has altered the way I drive. I drive far more defensively than I used to. In the "olden days" I didn't like bumper to bumper traffic, but tolerated it. Now days I'll avoid bumper to bumper at all costs, trying to find a spot where someone is several seconds behind me and I've got a nice cushion in front.

But driving to/from Madison from Milwaukee, it sometimes seems like everyone is texting.

[Scott Shepherd]

The one that drives me a little bonkers is people checking emailing or texting while sitting at stop lights. The light changes, they just sit there because they aren't looking up.

PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND DRIVE.

I'm baffled by what's SOOOO important in these people's lives that they can't go minutes without checking messages.

[Chuck Wintle]

The one that drives me a little bonkers is people checking emailing or texting while sitting at stop lights. The light changes, they just sit there because they aren't looking up.

PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND DRIVE.

I'm baffled by what's SOOOO important in these people's lives that they can't go minutes without checking messages.

I agree 100%, put the phone down and drive. Its an epidemic of distracted drivers.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I'm in my mid- 60s and frankly, I can tell my driving skills aren't what they used to be......

and yet....the most dangerous place and time to drive in this town is in the parking lot of a nearby grocery store in the mid-mornings.....and it's the older folks that make it dangerous.

[Mike Wilkins]

I once commented that if auto manufacturers added a feature to their vehicles that if the vehicle sensed a driver texting while the vehicle is in motion, the transmission would fall out.
My wife gave me a sideways look that said you are crazy.
My one and only auto accident was me getting rear-ended while the teen driver was texting.

[Pat Barry]

I once commented that if auto manufacturers added a feature to their vehicles that if the vehicle sensed a driver texting while the vehicle is in motion, the transmission would fall out.

Now that would create some real driving challenges. I think I'd be happier if they gave the texter a gentle electric shock so I didn't need to contend with transmissions all over the place.

[Scott Shepherd]

Now that would create some real driving challenges.

No challenges, it already exists in the aftermarket world...

https://www.cellcontrol.com

[Michael Weber]

Not much to add to the above. I ride an old Honda valkyrie and I've added a modulating headlight and brake lights that flash rapidly when the brake is applied but still scary out there. I may just start honking (installed a very loud horn) whenever I begin to stop just so the cagers will look up.

[Rich Riddle]

Doesn't Ford let you text and drive via their integrated program where you simply say what you want to say into a microphone and it transcribes it and sends it to the correct recipient?

[David Falkner]

Doesn't Ford let you text and drive via their integrated program where you simply say what you want to say into a microphone and it transcribes it and sends it to the correct recipient?

My new Tacoma does that, too. Also reads text/email to you if you want. I turned all that stuff off, though. Ya' just never know what text is going to come through when you have a passenger riding with you!

[Larry Browning]

The one that drives me a little bonkers is people checking emailing or texting while sitting at stop lights. The light changes, they just sit there because they aren't looking up.

PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND DRIVE.

This is just annoying and discourteous. But it is much better than doing it while the vehicle is in motion. At least it won't kill you.

[Erik Loza]

I actually was driving parallel with a hipster due who was alternately texting, then taking hits from an e-bong while driving the boulevard in front of our house. Just when you think you've seen it all.

Erik

[Scott Shepherd]

This is just annoying and discourteous. But it is much better than doing it while the vehicle is in motion. At least it won't kill you.

It might, road rage is alive and kicking these days.

[Prashun Patel]

one in ten? I say one in five. I see it ALL THE TIME.

[Phil Thien]

one in ten? I say one in five. I see it ALL THE TIME.

I didn't want to be accused for exaggerating but Mke to Madison, yeah it is that bad. Especially on a Sunday evening when kids are returning the school. Just ugly.