Warning: Contains Soapbox.
So the other day I read this article about truck drivers text-messaging and operating computers while driving. (Most are told to pull over to use these devices to check info they need; most say they never do, can't afford to lose the time.)
Today this was followed up with this article about how many more people are texting and using laptops in their cars as a sort of "mobile office" extension. Because apparently you can't compete with today's high-speed business world if you ain't doing it even when in motion at actual high speeds.
ENOUGH ALREADY.
People are claiming that the added "efficiency" in their business is worth the slight risk of an accident. But how can it make you so much more efficient that it's worth the lives that are lost when an accident does happen? It's BS. We didn't need this kind of "efficency" 5-10 years ago, we don't need it now. While I respect the POV that says "we shouldn't need laws to protect people from themselves," I want the law to protect me from these idiots. I want the cops to haul their asses over before they hit me.
Where can I sign up for one of those no-texting no-computers hands-free-phones-only while driving laws, plz?
Today this was followed up with this article about how many more people are texting and using laptops in their cars as a sort of "mobile office" extension. Because apparently you can't compete with today's high-speed business world if you ain't doing it even when in motion at actual high speeds.
ENOUGH ALREADY.
People are claiming that the added "efficiency" in their business is worth the slight risk of an accident. But how can it make you so much more efficient that it's worth the lives that are lost when an accident does happen? It's BS. We didn't need this kind of "efficency" 5-10 years ago, we don't need it now. While I respect the POV that says "we shouldn't need laws to protect people from themselves," I want the law to protect me from these idiots. I want the cops to haul their asses over before they hit me.
Where can I sign up for one of those no-texting no-computers hands-free-phones-only while driving laws, plz?