tnrider
Moped
I thing we've all encountered this problem while riding. Last Friday on I-40 East coming out of Knoxville I encountered 4 young girls in a car in the passing lane slowing traffic. I was in the slow lane for safety's sake when I looked over into their car because they had slowed down again next to me. It looked like they were in their own living room, leaned back, and concentrating on their phones. The driver had both hands on her phone which was resting on the center of the steering wheel. She occasionally looked up but didn't seem to care about the traffic behind her. I motioned for her to hang up her phone at which time she stopped using it briefly but was back at it again shortly afterwards. At this point, it seems that texting while driving is the norm and not the exception.
Cell phones can provide all kinds of information such as maps, etc. Why can't they design them so that they cannot be used, for texting at least, while in motion? Maybe with a question so that you must prove you are not the driver to text while it is in motion? Could C.O.G. to something as a group to petition the government making such a requirement mandatory for cell phones sold in the U.S.?
Cell phones can provide all kinds of information such as maps, etc. Why can't they design them so that they cannot be used, for texting at least, while in motion? Maybe with a question so that you must prove you are not the driver to text while it is in motion? Could C.O.G. to something as a group to petition the government making such a requirement mandatory for cell phones sold in the U.S.?