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Originally Posted by Xist
"More than 5,000 people die each year as a result of being distracted while driving"
"Among the various distractions, [...] texting while driving was particularly perilous. A 2009 study focusing on drivers of larger vehicles and trucks concluded that texting raised the risk of a crash by 23 times compared with nondistracted driving."
Is it not quite as dangerous in cars?
"Shockingly, texting drivers took their eyes off the road for each text an average of 4.6 seconds -- which at 55 mph"
Speed limits on most freeways here are 65 MPH, so everybody drives 75, and therefore would travel 506 feet in 4.6 seconds.
"A Harris poll last year found that [...] 37 percent said they engaged in texting."
Texting Drivers Take Eyes Off Road 5 Seconds On Average: Study
How about the friend that asks me why I did not respond to her Facebook post, so I pull out my phone, answer, and then she pulls out hers, and responds, while I keep saying "No! It is not important! You are driving! It can wait!"
At least her 90 Civic is a smaller "guided" missile, unlike the Suburban and minivan that she was driving, not that it would do me any good if she finally hits something.
I have usually been able to type on my phone without looking at it, but I am not sure how much that actually helps. |
Has she never seen "Wheels of Tragedy" from 1963? That's a good, awesome film. I recommend it!
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
That said, I believe active braking systems will be a standard feature in 5 years. The incidence of collisions will plummet by the end of the decade. As always, people will not get better, rather the technology will.
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My Grandfather was born in the late 1920s and was a truck driver for most of the time when working. He lived through the 1950s to even the early 2000s as a truck driver, and apparently a very good one since he lived through all that and is still around to talk about it. And I heard this from a car inspector; Grandfather was doing overtime, and that may be normal for some people but my Granddad was doing
triples. I haven't talked about this sort of thing with my Grandfather much and trucking companies have put in regulations now, but would you suggest I go talk to my grandfather about things like this? The thought of writing a book about it like the Foxfire books even came to mind. Hm, That's actually a good idea; Is anyone else interested? I think a lot of younger drivers can benefit from it.