Should Chevy Have This Technology In Their Camaros?

[Mr. iNCREDIBLE]

Originally Posted by Jameg1011

Might be worse than driving drunk if you take your eyes off the road for a long period of time but other than that, there is no way. I know 2 people who got in accidents driving drunk and neither of them remember even being in the car. (yes they are both morons, thank god no one was killed) So i dont think sending a text is worse than that. Also i can text without even looking at the phone (muscle mem) Not saying that i do, but saying that its def worse that drunk driving is a joke imo. They are both bad and neither should happen in my opinion but still, its def not worse unless like i said you look down for long periods of time and have no idea where you are.

Drinking and driving is bad, very bad, but a study conducted by Car and Driver magazine shows that texting and driving impacts a drivers abilities far more than driving drunk! How can that be?

Before we get to the Car and Driver test results, let's answer the why question. When you are driving impaired, your reaction times are delayed because your brain is not firing at full speed. However, you are still watching the road and concentrating on your driving. You're paying attention to what's in front of you in hopes of making it home safe. You're doing the complete opposite when you're texting!

Texting and driving steals your focus and forces you to concentrate on something other than the road. Although you're brain is not impaired, you're reaction time is slowed because you're not looking at the road! It's hard to react to brake lights and road hazards (like other cars or people) if you're not watching where you are going.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/31545004/Text...ng_and_Driving

http://www.straighttalklaw.com/blog/...ury-lawyer.php

http://roundupdaily.com/news/article...9bb30f31a.html

http://blog.allstate.com/texting-whi...drunk-driving/

http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.c...ng-and-Driving




want me to link more articles? There have been a LOT of tests and studies done on this, and yes TEXTING is worse that driving drunk.

[Dawn55430]

Originally Posted by slow one

i think we need more laws to protect people... like people who ride motorcycles..

As someone who rides, I would be happy if people just hung up and paid attention to the road. I wear all the appropriate gear to do what I can for myself. But people just seem to be ADD when they get in a car. You name a distraction and I think I've seen it or wished I hadn't.

My favorite was when I was on a ride along with my dad who drove a semi. This guy was weaving all over the freeway, when we got closer, I could see in the car. He was being "serviced" by a female, had a phone in one hand and his other on her head, never could figure out how he managed to keep himself out of the ditch or from hitting someone else.

You can't police stupid, but I wish the cops had some way to at least try.

[GEEKFREEKSCOTTY]

People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.

What the hell ever happened to something called "PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY" ?

[Jameg1011]

Originally Posted by Mr. iNCREDIBLE

http://www.cnbc.com/id/31545004/Text...ng_and_Driving

http://www.straighttalklaw.com/blog/...ury-lawyer.php

http://roundupdaily.com/news/article...9bb30f31a.html

http://blog.allstate.com/texting-whi...drunk-driving/

http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.c...ng-and-Driving




want me to link more articles? There have been a LOT of tests and studies done on this, and yes TEXTING is worse that driving drunk.

That article says exactly what i said in my first line. Regardless of how stupid people are, and not looking at the road, i would still argue that not having any idea that you are in a vehicle driving it is much worse than not looking at the road for a few seconds in any driving situation. The level of BAC certainly comes into affect here but I am talking about being impaired by alcohol to the point of not knowing where you are and what you're doing. This happened to be the case for the 2 people i know and also my uncle who was cut in half by a guy diving a truck who later admitted that he didn't know he was in a car driving due to his .35 BAC at the time of the accident.

[awfarley]

Officer: "I saw you texting"
Guy: "I'm sorry sir but I was playing Angry Birds"
Officer: "My apologies sir, have a great day"

Where is the logic in this? If you ban texting you should ban all 'hand' use of a phone period.

[GEEKFREEKSCOTTY]

I'm really sad that almost 1/2 of the people that responded to the poll are more than happy to give away their privacy rights and are willing to propagate a "big brother" government model because they are delusional into thinking it will protect them.

It's scary to realize how prophetic George Orwell's book "1984" and the movie "Idiocracy" has actually become.

[wabibito]

What if someone hit another car because he/she is trying to peep into the car around you looking for people texting?

[Cheveey57]

Originally Posted by camaroitalia

is it illegal to text at red lights? if your vehicle is at a complete stop?

Can you drink a beer at red light? No if your key is in the ignition then you can't.

[Renegade]

Originally Posted by awfarley

Officer: "I saw you texting"
Guy: "I'm sorry sir but I was playing Angry Birds"
Officer: "My apologies sir, have a great day"

Where is the logic in this? If you ban texting you should ban all 'hand' use of a phone period.

Some people don't use common sense. Always a stimpulation or excuse involved in a worst case senario.

[oldfriend]

Originally Posted by camaroitalia

is it illegal to text at red lights? if your vehicle is at a complete stop?

Yes , but only if you are the driver .

[Ozzie RS]

If you are involved in an accident where someone is injured or killed they(police) will look at your cell phone records to see if you were using it at the time of the accident. If the media would make it more public about people that are sent to jail for manslaughter(10-15 yrs) not to mention the stigma of knowing you were responsible for killing or taking the life of someone I think the general public would start to police itself. It to me is not made public about the people that end up in jail for texting and or talking on the phone for unintentional manslaughter and their life's and the other families life's are ruined. We already have laws for DUI and some still do it. If it was made public as to the end result of some of these drivers it may hit home more to a larger population. I could be wrong but letting people know what happens to the ones who break the law would help a lot in my view. Sorry for my soap box statement, I am done.

[oldfriend]

Originally Posted by Ozzie RS

If you are involved in an accident where someone is injured or killed they(police) will look at your cell phone records to see if you were using it at the time of the accident. If the media would make it more public about people that are sent to jail for manslaughter(10-15 yrs) not to mention the stigma of knowing you were responsible for killing or taking the life of someone I think the general public would start to police itself. It to me is not made public about the people that end up in jail for texting and or talking on the phone for unintentional manslaughter and their life's and the other families life's are ruined. We already have laws for DUI and some still do it. If it was made public as to the end result of some of these drivers it may hit home more to a larger population. I could be wrong but letting people know what happens to the ones who break the law would help a lot in my view. Sorry for my soap box statement, I am done.

You are right on target .

Within 18 months in the are where i live , there were three cases of drivers that killed pedestrians and bicycles while the drivers were TEXTING .

In the first case, a 19 years old girl, college student killed a NINE years old girl crossing the crosswalk with her mother and broke the mothers leg .

In the second one, a young male driver 17/18 cut some little girl life at 12 .In this case the authorities/ lawyers are also swing this kid girlfriend because she knew that he was driving at the time of the accident , and she was the one on record from the service provider [ phone company ]

Last case i know about , is this freaking punk 17 years old driving a 3 Tones SUV on Sunday morning , texting , and speeding at 15 m over posted speed [45] , and killed a 9 years old girl ,and her father on their bicycles in the bicycles lanes , and IN FRONT OF THE MOTHER AND BROTHER eyes

So for those that say it's all BS , WHICH one of this drivers YOU WANT TO BE ?




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[slow one]

those of us that oppose the question asked by the OP are not saying that texting and driving is not a problem. it is. i agree there are horror stories involved with any illegal action (ie.- drinking/texting and driving, speeding, robbery.. etc.). and i only assume that most agree that it is something that needs to be addressed. but if we keep on giving up our rights/privacy, eventually we will not have any. if we did put video cameras in our cars or have cops spying on us, you will lose any privacy you had to begin with and i GUARANTEE you that there will still be horror stories of innocent people killed/injured. so we will still be in the same situation but with more gov't control. whats the next step? more laws and more gov't control.

[its a syn]

Car industry needs to catch up with technology and have talk to text integrated. This is a problem that will not go away on it's own. We also need better synch with car computor to use as evidense if someone was on the phone at time of accident and stiffen the fines so that it lessens the problem. Right now everone tries to keep the phone down below the door and text which is worse than when it was up where you could keep somwhat of an eye on the road as you texted. JMO