Thanks again, NYT!
Reader comment on: Texting While Driving Bans
Submitted by Ferd (United States), Sep 28, 2010 15:14
Once again, this is another example of our "betters" knowing more than the commoner. Unfortunately, all of the solutions these "betters" come up with are always short-sighted and never actually address the problem. The worst of it is that they only do these kinds of things based on their feelings, not on actual facts or reason. But they get to feel good about themselves, and everyone else loses some kind of freedom. So for them, it's win-win.
And the Pulitzer board never takes back anything from the NYT, unless it's a Jayson Blair scenario where they are caught red-handed right away, and there's a big enough stink. Walter Duranty's complete fabrications didn't even justify the Pulitzer board taking back the prize. It's kind of an incestuous relationship between NYT and Pulitzer if you ask me.
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Texting while driving are well intentioned however... [123 words] | Safe Texting | Dec 24, 2010 22:48 |
As a professional driver [89 words] | Mr Evilwrench | Sep 29, 2010 17:03 |
more harmless distraction [117 words] | equitus | Sep 29, 2010 16:02 |
Gloves make it too hard to text while on my motorcycle... [27 words] | styrgwillidar | Sep 29, 2010 12:28 |
anecdotal evidence [84 words] | Old Fogey | Sep 29, 2010 11:36 |
Where are the millions of accidents [109 words] | Tom Wade | Sep 29, 2010 11:21 |
"better to regulate outputs than inputs" [109 words] | PieFarmer | Sep 29, 2010 05:08 |
Really, if this isn't obvious ... [343 words] | Long Driver | Sep 29, 2010 02:49 |
Add me to the chorus of disagreement [135 words] | Chubfuddler | Sep 28, 2010 21:22 |
too many people cant multitask [167 words] | Fen | Sep 28, 2010 19:43 |
Unserious [108 words] | Joel | Sep 28, 2010 18:54 |
Followup [510 words] | Lummox JR | Sep 28, 2010 18:06 |
Incentive not to Text while driving. [61 words] | W. Bourne | Sep 28, 2010 18:01 |
it does not follow from the data that texting is relatively safe [115 words] | W4LT | Sep 28, 2010 18:01 |
checking e-mail is not the same as texting [143 words] | deeb | Sep 28, 2010 16:57 |
OBTW - Nanny State [64 words] | lhog | Sep 28, 2010 16:55 |
More distracting [94 words] | Lhog | Sep 28, 2010 16:48 |
Cognitive Capture [94 words] | Jeff | Sep 28, 2010 16:43 |
Email is different. [89 words] | Dagwud | Sep 28, 2010 16:36 |
"I don't see how . . ." I do. [98 words] | FredB | Sep 28, 2010 15:48 |
What is being measured? NOT if texting is going down or not. [175 words] | DD | Sep 28, 2010 15:45 |
What would you do? [w/response] [213 words] | Paul Simmons | Sep 28, 2010 15:44 |
Are you kidding? [w/response] [353 words] | Lummox JR | Sep 28, 2010 15:40 |
Texting IS dangerous while driving! [96 words] | chicopanther | Sep 28, 2010 15:34 |
Prizes [53 words] | John | Sep 28, 2010 15:32 |
At what point does Nannity become Insanity? [59 words] | Owen McCall | Sep 28, 2010 15:31 |
Shifting sight and concentration from the road is bad, mmmkay? [72 words] | Mark A. Flacy | Sep 28, 2010 15:27 |
Partly disagree [111 words] | Dean | Sep 28, 2010 15:25 |
Incentives? Penalties? [36 words] | DonM | Sep 28, 2010 15:18 |
Texting not much worse than adjusting a/c? [92 words] | Gene | Sep 28, 2010 15:17 |
⇒ Thanks again, NYT! [135 words] | Ferd | Sep 28, 2010 15:14 |
Disagree [81 words] | Joe Melnick | Sep 28, 2010 15:00 |
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