Texting while driving is bad, doctors agree

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:46 PM EST

Article Source: Reuters

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Tapping out text messages on a cell phone while driving is dangerous, the American Medical Association agreed on Monday, and supported state legislation to ban it.

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Mystic Chick

Duh.

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#1 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:49 PM EST

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danwill

The thing is that most states already have a law against "distracted driving" , and I really can't think of too many things more distracting than that.

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#2 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:17 PM EST

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Mystic Chick

LOL slapping your kids in the backseat!

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#2.1 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:58 PM EST

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Chris from MN

I really can't think of too many things more distracting than [texting].

Oh, I can think of several! :-)

Say, did they ever determine if that train driver was texting when the accident occurred? I recall a big deal about the suspicion, but haven't caught any follow up stories.... there was some national thing going on that usurped a lot of the news the last few months. (Seems to have died down somewhat recently, though. :-)

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#2.2 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:19 PM EST

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Mystic Chick

I've seen a guy playing his PSP while driving. I've seen several men shaving, women putting on makeup, and I even saw a person reading a book on the steering wheel!

People are just ridiculous. :-P

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3 votes

#2.3 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:36 PM EST

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danwill

Chris from MN, re that train thing;

The train driver sent one about 60 seconds before the crash. and a bunch in the roughly 10 minutes before that.

He was probably busy texting when he passed the red light telling him to stop.

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#2.4 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:55 PM EST

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Chris from MN

I've seen a guy playing his PSP while driving.

In public?!?! Wow! Some people just have no shame!

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#2.5 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:28 PM EST

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SuperSaiyan

Well, that should go without saying.

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#3 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:32 PM EST

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RDW-375737

Kind of a no brainer isn't it?

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#4 - Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:56 PM EST

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