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It used to be that teenage drivers were a menace on the roads, due to alcohol and drugs. Now, a new menace has arisen to make that even worse >> Cell Phones.
Young people who just can’t seem to put their cell phones down, are endangering all of us. The kid who drove her SUV into a house (which now is in danger of collapsing), is by no means, all alone. Car crashes in the news about these cell phone addicted kids are being reported rather frequently.
I really don’t see what it is about texting that is so attractive to these kids. I send a text on my cell phone once in a while if/when I can’t get through to a radio talk show. That is called a “reason”.
But what reason is there to text, instead of talking ? Seems to me that if phone texting had been invented before phone talking, the phone talking would be a huge improvement over the inferior texting (which is hardly much different than the telegraph). And even phone talking doesn’t mix with driving.
Texting is more difficult to do than talking, so doing it in preference over talking, seems ridiculous. But to do it in a moving car, with kids running around, cats & dogs, stop signs, cross traffic, etc, is madness. These kids need to see psychiatrists
Young people who just can’t seem to put their cell phones down, are endangering all of us. The kid who drove her SUV into a house (which now is in danger of collapsing), is by no means, all alone. Car crashes in the news about these cell phone addicted kids are being reported rather frequently.
I really don’t see what it is about texting that is so attractive to these kids. I send a text on my cell phone once in a while if/when I can’t get through to a radio talk show. That is called a “reason”.
But what reason is there to text, instead of talking ? Seems to me that if phone texting had been invented before phone talking, the phone talking would be a huge improvement over the inferior texting (which is hardly much different than the telegraph). And even phone talking doesn’t mix with driving.
Texting is more difficult to do than talking, so doing it in preference over talking, seems ridiculous. But to do it in a moving car, with kids running around, cats & dogs, stop signs, cross traffic, etc, is madness. These kids need to see psychiatrists
