Comments on: Texting while driving – now illegal in California

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:31:09 +0000

@The Lee: Lee, please leave tacos out of this. They're not to blame here.

By: The Lee

The Lee — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:52:02 +0000

There’s a lot of distracting activities while you’re driving; years of motorcycling on public roads have shown me just how true this is. I’ve nearly been run over by people doing most every distracting activity you can think of (except eating peas with chopsticks).

You’re driving a 3000+ lb machine at sometimes highway speeds; your attention should be focused on just that and that alone. Sending a text message, reading the paper, calling your girlfriend to tell her about the shoes you just bought on sale, applying makeup, eating that taco you just picked up from Burrito King, digging for change, picking your ass, getting road head from your wife, etc can wait until you either arrive or pull over at a gas station.

By: Horatiu B.

Horatiu B. — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:47:00 +0000

@Doug: good point. I really disagree with the inputting GPS entries, I mean….isn’t that distracting?

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:56:15 +0000

And yet, changing your pants while driving is still legal.

Why don’t they have one general law and add specific examples to it rather than all these seperate THOU SHALT NOT DRIVE WHILE EATING PEAS WITH CHOPSTICKS type laws? They can give it an umbrella name like “Driver Distraction Law”.

By: Mauro Corti

Mauro Corti — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:34:27 +0000

Happy not to live where this law is effective

By: The Lee

The Lee — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:57:46 +0000

Good. That’s one of the few “crazy” California laws that I would love to see enacted in Texas.