Cognitive Capture
Reader comment on: Texting While Driving Bans
Submitted by Jeff (United States), Sep 28, 2010 16:43
Texting while driving is obviously dangerous. It might also be next to impossible to enforce a ban on doing so. However, pulling up the call detail records of parties involved in fatal crashes should be (if it isn't already) a standard part of accident investigations.
The hazard isn't just in the driver taking his eyes off the road - it's that he becomes mentally absent and focused on the email or conversation. This is why hands-free laws don't reduce accidents and are merely a way for cell phone companies to sell high margin accessories.
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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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