89% of Americans want to ban SMS behind the wheel, yet 66% of them have done it
Posted by Stefan on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 at 11:13 am under Research
Driving is hard to talk about since everyone has a different opinion about being behind the wheel of a car; for the majority of people a car is something to get from A to B, to others it is a pussy magnet and place to engage in coitus and for people like me it is my attempt to test the limits of my reaction time on a daily basis. Out of nearly 2,050 people surveyed 89% of them wanted to ban text messaging while driving, however 66% of those people also admit to have done it.
Don’t you see a problem with that? If you’re going to multitask behind the wheel of a car just be safe. I also go into the slow lane when picking up a call or reading email and as soon as I’m done go right back to hitting triple digit speeds in the left lane. If you’re old, female or crippled mentally, please stay the hell out of the left lane. That will do more good than a law against text messages.
[Via: Gizmodo]
August 7th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Its gonna get worse once peekamo takes off. text messaging is the future and is taking over the already popular “talking behind the wheel”.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:13 am
I agree with you Stefan- just be safe… be aware. Only, what about those who think they can text and drive, but are inept and end up hanging their front end on a telephone wire as seen above? Most of the drivers have difficulty around here with just operating the vehicle properly- let alone throwing talking on a cellphone or texting into the mix as I weave in and out of the line of hoopleheads in a black German sedan.
September 11th, 2007 at 2:00 am
[...] While we all know we shouldn’t send text messages from our mobile phones while driving, some of us keep doing to. Hack, we’ve even seen the poll results suggesting that 89% of American want to ban SMS behind the wheel, yet 66% of them have done it. [...]
September 11th, 2007 at 2:33 am
[...] While we all know we shouldn’t send text messages from our mobile phones while driving, some of us keep doing to. Hack, we’ve even seen the poll results suggesting that 89% of American want to ban SMS behind the wheel, yet 66% of them have done it. [...]
July 14th, 2008 at 10:18 am
[...] 89% of Americans want to ban SMS behind the wheel, yet 66% of them have done it [...]