News & opinion Complete Ban on Texting While Driving Long Overdue

Complete Ban on Texting While Driving Long Overdue

texting while driving

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lye

helping victims of c

c

shes in Houston I c

n tell you th

t the t

gedy is th

t this is not just television - it h

ppens

ll too

egul

ly in

e

l life.

hile much

ttention h

s been devoted to d

inking

nd d

iving,

nd

ightfully so, the

te of

ccidents

nd

ccident

el

ted de

ths due to texting

hile d

iving is on the

ise.

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sent

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l High

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dminist

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utho

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hile d

iving h

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e

sed 50%<

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ong>

ithin the l

st ye,

ith close to h

lf of d

ive

s su

veyed unde

25

dmitting th

t they h

ve texted

hile d

iving. The m

jo

ity of this

ge g

oup is not cove

ed by the ong>Tex

s b

n on cell phone use ong>. In Tex

s, only d

ive

s unde

the

ge of 18

e p

ohibited f

om using cell phones. One in fou

(26%) of

me

ic

n teens of d

iving

ge s

y they h

ve texted

hile d

iving,

nd h

lf (48%) of

ll teens

ges 12 to 17 s

y they’ve been

p

ssengehile

d

ive

h

s texted behind the

heel.

 

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ge

hile D

iving<

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Texting

hile d

iving is not the only th

e

t. D

ive

s

ho use

ny h

nd-held devices e 4 times mo

e likely to get into c

shes se

ious enough to inju

e themselves. Using

cell phone

hile d

iving,

hethe

it's h

nd-held o

h

nds-f

ee, del

ys

d

ive

's

e

ctions

s much

s h

ving

blood

lcohol concent

tion

t the leg

l limit of .08 pe

cent.  

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tion Fo

Tffic S

fety study n><><

sp

n>, 87% of people conside

texting

nd e-m

iling

hile d

iving

"ve

y se

ious" s

fety th

e

t,

lmost equiv

lent to the 90% of those polled

ho conside

d

unk d

iving

th

e

t. Unfo

tun

tely, public opinion is not

eflected in the l

s of ou

st

te. Tex

s Gove

no

ick Pe

y h

s continuously vetoed legisl

tion specific

lly intent on b

nning text mess

ging

hile d

iving. In

June 17, 2011 veto st

tement on HB242 b

nning

ll texting

hile d

iving, Gove

no

Pey c

lled the b

n

“gove

nment effo

t to mic

om

n

ge the beh

vio

of

dults.” The

gument th

t legisl

tion m

y be int

usive

nd ove

-cont

olling does not

econcile

ith public opinion o

the

e

lity of this public h

zd.

s

c

ccident

tto

ney in Houston my fi

m is seeing

n inc

e

sing numbe

of these types of

ccidents. One thing is cle

: d

iving distcted -

hethe

using voice o

text – is

de

dly

nd pidly g

o

ing p

oblem.

 

 

s

f

vo

to you

f

iends

nd f

mily

e kindly

sk th

t you she this ticle using the buttons belo

. M

ny Th

nks!

 

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