[Newsbot]

Title: Texting and driving don't mix
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: kitty
Date: 2009-09-01 05:24:09
Canadian

[Benn]

Can't find the link now but just saw trhe other day that one of hte major cell phone or PDA companies has developed units that will not allow texting while your car is in motion.

[Brenda]

I wonder when the first "speech-text" will be invented, including the short hand...

[bootlegga]

Well, some places are doing something about this issue;

$1:

EDMONTON - Strathcona County officials are warning drivers they will begin handing out tickets next week to people using hand-held cellphones while on the road.

The new county bylaw, the first of its kind in Alberta, comes into effect on Sept. 1. Anyone caught talking or text messaging on a cellphone while driving will be issued a $100 fine for the first offence, and $200 for each subsequent offence.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/S ... story.html

[commanderkai]

Brenda Brenda:

I wonder when the first "speech-text" will be invented, including the short hand...

I'd love something like this for typing. I hate trying to write my novels and then get stuck trying to write something I'm imagining in my head.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Well, some places are doing something about this issue;

$1:

EDMONTON - Strathcona County officials are warning drivers they will begin handing out tickets next week to people using hand-held cellphones while on the road.

The new county bylaw, the first of its kind in Alberta, comes into effect on Sept. 1. Anyone caught talking or text messaging on a cellphone while driving will be issued a $100 fine for the first offence, and $200 for each subsequent offence.

Well, it's a start but I seriously think that reckless driving charges should also be laid. Especially against the texters.

[BAT119]

Horror flick on UTUBE about texting the link won't go through (it's too graphic) you will have to copy and paste

Graphic Crash, UK, Dangers of texting while driving PSA

a good scare flick for the kids