Cell phones and Driving
So today I was watching Oprah, which is not something I usually do. The opening hooked me and I PVRed the episode because I had to leave and then I came home and watched it with Adrian. Today's episode was a repeat, I had initially thought it was about drunk driving, but it was actually about the 100% preventable accidents due to drivers using their cell phones while driving. I am not sure what I feel about this topic, but I felt like it was something I had to write out, to put out there for discussion. On the one hand I definitely agree that texting, emailing, or IMing while driving is needless and extremely dangerous. To do these activities a driver must take their eyes off the road and type in words into their cell phone. The driver is forming sentences and thoughts that have nothing to do with the act of driving. The drivers attention is therefore focused on their conversation not on their driving or the other drivers around them. This is...