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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Texting will kill, trust me

How would you feel if a Police Officer was to ring your doorbell right now and then to give you the terrible news that your Husband, Wife, or Child had been killed in a fatall car accident? You would feel .... well to be honest i would not know as i have never lost anyone in this way, but just try to imagine the feeling yourself right now.
Now how would you feel & react if the Officer was to tell you that they were killed by the driver of other car that was Texting while driving?

I spend long hours behind the wheel on one of North America's busiest highways and while driving i am very observant of what is around me, what i see and so on and something scares me terribly.
The Texter!
It doesn't matter if the highway is busy or quiet, or if the traffic is fast or slow they are out there everyday texting while driving.
Most men will hold the cell phone with the right hand and hold it with the wrist resting on the gear lever, still leaving one had on the wheel. But i have seen something far worse than that.

Young female drivers are a disaster waiting to happen. Today alone i must of seen a dozen 17-19year olds pass me doing over 120km/h and as i look down both hands are gripped to the cell phone, just in front of the airbag. Eyes up, down, up, down, down... still down, up Brake! and repeat.

Last year the Ontario Government introduced a new law,  a Law that would make it illegal to use a cell phone, Mp3 player etc while driving. There was a three month grace period and then in Feb 2010 the law was in full effect and for a couple of months i notice a huge reduction in cell phone use behind the wheel.
Move forward to today and it's as worse as ever. Everyone is at it.
Why?
The chances of getting caught are very slim and the penalty is a fine and nothing else.

What will it take for people to realise that texting / emailing while driving is far far worse than talking on your phone.
The laws need to be tightened and enforced with much stiffer penalties.
Minimum $500 fine and Minimum 3 points off your license will make people think.
Points off a license means much higher insurance or more points you get equals loss of license.

Please for mine and your safety, text later, at a traffic light or something but now when your car is in motion.

Note: I am not just picking on young female drivers, i am using them as an example as it has really caught my attention lately.

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