Comments on: Text Messenging While Driving Leads to Crash, Death http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:02:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: ad6fb1d1d052 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-758289 Sat, 10 May 2008 17:52:38 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-758289 <strong>ad6fb1d1d052...</strong> ad6fb1d1d0523fb1c3b1... ad6fb1d1d052…

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]]> by: Did Text Messaging While Driving Play a Part in a Fatal Crash? | Etixet Tag Cloud Archive 10.000 Web Site Feed http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-452318 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:29:46 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-452318 [...] Because there was more than one person in the car, there’s no way to say who was doing the text messaging. We’ve see this before, though, someone killed, though not the driver, because of an accident caused by text messaging while driving. As someone who is connected via email and a PDA phone to his office, I will admit that I have emailed while driving … I will also admit it’s not a smart thing to do, and it should be outlawed nationally, IMHO. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] […] Because there was more than one person in the car, there’s no way to say who was doing the text messaging. We’ve see this before, though, someone killed, though not the driver, because of an accident caused by text messaging while driving. As someone who is connected via email and a PDA phone to his office, I will admit that I have emailed while driving … I will also admit it’s not a smart thing to do, and it should be outlawed nationally, IMHO. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]

]]> by: What Parents Ought to Know About Teens http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-231904 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:39:58 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-231904 [...] We Say: Because there was more than one person in the car, there’s no way to say who was doing the text messaging. We’ve see this before, though, someone killed, though not the driver, because of an accident caused by text messaging while driving. As someone who is connected via email and a PDA phone to his office, I will admit that I have emailed while driving … I will also admit it’s not a smart thing to do, and it should be outlawed nationally, IMHO. [...] […] We Say: Because there was more than one person in the car, there’s no way to say who was doing the text messaging. We’ve see this before, though, someone killed, though not the driver, because of an accident caused by text messaging while driving. As someone who is connected via email and a PDA phone to his office, I will admit that I have emailed while driving … I will also admit it’s not a smart thing to do, and it should be outlawed nationally, IMHO. […]

]]> by: » Did Text Messaging While Driving Play a Part in a Fatal Crash? » Blog Archive   Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - Independent Tech http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-229917 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:54:24 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-229917 [...] We Say: Because there was more than one person in the car, there’s no way to say who was doing the text messaging. We’ve see this before, though, someone killed, though not the driver, because of an accident caused by text messaging while driving. As someone who is connected via email and a PDA phone to his office, I will admit that I have emailed while driving … I will also admit it’s not a smart thing to do, and it should be outlawed nationally, IMHO. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] […] We Say: Because there was more than one person in the car, there’s no way to say who was doing the text messaging. We’ve see this before, though, someone killed, though not the driver, because of an accident caused by text messaging while driving. As someone who is connected via email and a PDA phone to his office, I will admit that I have emailed while driving … I will also admit it’s not a smart thing to do, and it should be outlawed nationally, IMHO. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]

]]> by: Christine Murphy http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-5813 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:57:29 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-5813 I was at the scene of the accident (as 911 was called) with three of my children and a friend of theirs who was visiting for Thanksgiving. The images that we all saw - Mr. Price undergoing CPR, his bent bicycle laying near him while a single running shoe sat in the middle of the intersection will never leave my memory or theirs. My oldest son is driving on a temporary permit and my daughter and her friend are about to get their temporary permits. The boy who hit Mr. Price goes to my children's high school. I know this has been a lesson for them like no other. For all of those kids who will thankfully never see something like this, I really feel that a law which is associated with more severe penalties, is what is required to ensure dedicated attention while driving - not only in the temporary permit phase (as it is currently in Co), but also into young adulthood (e.g. no cell phones under 5 years of driving experience). This is a tragedy for both the Price family and the young driver of the car. Hopefully eduction and new laws can prevent this from happening again. I was at the scene of the accident (as 911 was called) with three of my children and a friend of theirs who was visiting for Thanksgiving. The images that we all saw - Mr. Price undergoing CPR, his bent bicycle laying near him while a single running shoe sat in the middle of the intersection will never leave my memory or theirs. My oldest son is driving on a temporary permit and my daughter and her friend are about to get their temporary permits. The boy who hit Mr. Price goes to my children’s high school. I know this has been a lesson for them like no other. For all of those kids who will thankfully never see something like this, I really feel that a law which is associated with more severe penalties, is what is required to ensure dedicated attention while driving - not only in the temporary permit phase (as it is currently in Co), but also into young adulthood (e.g. no cell phones under 5 years of driving experience). This is a tragedy for both the Price family and the young driver of the car. Hopefully eduction and new laws can prevent this from happening again.

]]> by: Jim Frost http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-5722 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:42:35 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-5722 Killing people with automobiles usually has very little penalty associated with it. We had a guy in MA a couple of years back who ran over a motorcyclist, killing him. He left the scene, drove home, and they later found him. Vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident at a minimum ... and he got a $250 fine and probation. (really) Regarding "good" versus "bad" driver ratio: I used to think that most drivers around here (Boston) were really terrible. I was riding my bicycle to work every day and not a day would go by when I didn't see a number of people doing absolutely stupid things. One day I decided to see what the ratio really was, so I started counting how many cars I saw and how many were clearly bad drivers. It turned out that the ratio was very low, only 1-2%, a huge surprise. The problem is that on a typical day I'll pass 300+ cars, meaning I will be in contact with as many as six horrible drivers. Those are the ones you remember, not the hundreds that pass by uneventfully. Killing people with automobiles usually has very little penalty associated with it. We had a guy in MA a couple of years back who ran over a motorcyclist, killing him. He left the scene, drove home, and they later found him. Vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident at a minimum … and he got a $250 fine and probation. (really)

Regarding “good” versus “bad” driver ratio: I used to think that most drivers around here (Boston) were really terrible. I was riding my bicycle to work every day and not a day would go by when I didn’t see a number of people doing absolutely stupid things. One day I decided to see what the ratio really was, so I started counting how many cars I saw and how many were clearly bad drivers.

It turned out that the ratio was very low, only 1-2%, a huge surprise. The problem is that on a typical day I’ll pass 300+ cars, meaning I will be in contact with as many as six horrible drivers. Those are the ones you remember, not the hundreds that pass by uneventfully.

]]> by: Alice http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-5718 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:58:09 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-5718 I read that using a cell phone makes you drive like an 80 year old in terms of coordination and response. Imagine an 80 year old on a cell phone. I read that using a cell phone makes you drive like an 80 year old in terms of coordination and response. Imagine an 80 year old on a cell phone.

]]> by: Jimmy http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-5709 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:33:53 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2230#comment-5709 Exactly right Bruce, I remember reading an article once, no link to it, sorry, that said when they invented the automobile, they expected less than 30% of people to be competent to drive one. I think that may be a little low, in my experience with other drivers, I'd say it's closer to 50%. ;) Ofcourse, my memory could be off on that 30% number, but that was clsoe to the gist of it. Exactly right Bruce, I remember reading an article once, no link to it, sorry, that said when they invented the automobile, they expected less than 30% of people to be competent to drive one. I think that may be a little low, in my experience with other drivers, I’d say it’s closer to 50%. ;) Ofcourse, my memory could be off on that 30% number, but that was clsoe to the gist of it.

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