Texting While Driving: How Dangerous Is It?

Very good read;

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1076338&icid=HP2

SouthernDawg09 wrote:

good article. I hate it when people text/talk on the phone/drink when they drive.

whats wrong with drinking and driving? i always have a bottle of cherry coke in my hand!

they need to make a law that says you can't eat while driving or APPLY MAKEUP.. i can't tell you how many women i've seen swerve all over the road while trying to put makeup on

I third it.

79_bronco wrote:

they need to make a law that says you can't eat while driving or APPLY MAKEUP.. i can't tell you how many women i've seen swerve all over the road while trying to put makeup on

I agree with you about applying makeup, but I am guilty as sin when it comes to eating and drinking. I have driven all over the east coast and eating and drinking while driving is a necessary evil. I cant take the time to pull over, so I just keep on trucking. I wont eat a huge meal or anything, but finger foods are king.

and just to clarify, I am drinking soda, water, and energy drinks. Not booze.

i can't eat when i drive, i get tired lol.. i can drink though, but only out of a bottle.. you'll usually see me cruising around with a cherry coke in my left hand

I'm guilty of texting talking 2 waying(nextel) eating drinking and smoking playing with the little one in the back seat trying to read price tags on vehicals for sale trying to look under a lifted truck to see what from of lift they have... I'm a less then responsible driver you could say and if what I'm doing requires 2 hands I steer with my left knee! And every now and then I'll drive slightly impaired i mean I don't see the point in having a dd just because I drank a sixer at my buddies house or if I've have a few drinks at the local chilies so yes I guess you can say I drink and drive sometimes... However!!!!! Be it known that I don't drive when I'm drunk!!!! If I begin to feel loose I hand over the keys!

It's not dangerous at all. I'm doing it right n

a girl here in my hometown ran over a guy and hit a telephone pole due to driving while texting...... she didnt even know she had until they moved the truck onto the wrecker and there he lay....

Southern dawg you don't have to worry about the roads it the sidewalks you have to watch out for!! lol