iseemorons

Let me start by saying I am a strong proponent of an offensive driving style.  The way I see it is all those people who are driving defensively need something to do so it’s my duty to oblige.  Those paralyzed 10 and 2 drivers who get freaked out at every little movement and believe that if driving the speed limit is good then 10 mph under must be better are much more dangerous and prone to accidents than the rest of us going ten over the limit.  It’s a bit like handing a child a full Big Gulp in a moving car and telling them not to spill it.  What’s going to happen?  They’re going to spill it.

That said, texting while driving is just stupid and dangerous.  If you give it a moment of real, unfettered thought the realization of how risky it is will come barreling at you like Suzie Teenager driving with her knees, fingering her hair with the index finger of one hand and texting with her other.  For the majority of drivers, talking on the phone is bad enough since evidently the muscle that’s used to raise their hand to their ear is directly connected to the one that holds their foot on the gas pedal.  Adding texting to the mix for these drivers is just plain craziness. 

Since we are now living knee-deep in the I-want-it-right-now world of the digital age we expect our phone calls to be picked up immediately and texts returned instantaneously.  Understandably when this doesn’t happen frustration and annoyance sets in and we start Jonesing for our next texting fix.  The world starts spinning slower, the shakes set in and it feels like our heads are going to explode if we don’t send that text before we're off the road.  Just a guess but odds are, they won’t.