http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/ Engadget Comments for Boy killed by texting driver http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/]]>Dec 28th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
"leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and driving without a license"

Seems to me the driver had bigger issues than driving while texting. Although I avoid it, I sometimes talk on the phone while driving, and occasionally read or send a quick text message. I also drive faster than the speed limit on a regular basis.

Guess what? I haven't had a single ticket or accident in over 10 years. The issue is not the specific activity but the person's overall driving skills and common sense. You should punish people when their behavior results in harm to someone else, not just because they're behavior could possibly result in harm.

I guess if he had been listening to an iPod the reaction would have been similar. What if the driver had said he ran into the kid because he was listening to loud music on his car's stereo. Would this be justification to ban stereo equipment in cars? How far do we take this? Writing with a pen on a piece of paper? Fumbling with the A/C controls? Picking one's nose?

Some folks are always looking for simple answers and quick fixes to everything - no matter how disruptive and ineffective the solution may be. Fertile ground for politicians.

]]>Dec 28th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
I say WheelDesk!

http://www.mobilegear.com/product_p/mgwd-01.htm]]>Dec 28th 2007 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/ that makes no sense at all. loud music, unless so excruciatingly loud that it causes your eyes to shut, does not distract your vision. so how does that relate to focusing on a screen while allowing the road and everything on it to become 'background noise'?]]>Dec 28th 2007 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
I couldn't believe it.]]>Dec 28th 2007 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Although you do make a good argument are you suggesting that drinking and driving is ok as long as you don't preform some sort of illegal maneuver while under the influence? There are some activities which are dangerous to do while your attention should be on the road. Granted this particular individual obvious y had larger issues at hand if he was charged with driving without a license, and although you seem to be able to multi-task quite fine that does not mean that the average "Joe Blow" on the street is capable of such feats. i know i for one am not so i exercise my right to common sense and abstain, others like me might not.]]>Dec 28th 2007 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
the roads are no longer safe to drive on.]]>Dec 28th 2007 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
The problem isn't the source of distraction - there is ALWAYS going to be SOMETHING to distract you while driving. The problem is the person that is in charge of the wheel not being able to operate the vehicle safely.]]>Dec 28th 2007 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
If a small rodent is 1
And a dog is 3...]]>Dec 28th 2007 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
Seriously, maby auto makers should include a faraday cage in the vehicle frame that way the only cell phone usage would have to be via a hands-free system tied to an external antenna.]]>Dec 28th 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
If you get stopped for texting while driving and given a ticket perhaps that experience will teach you not to do it again, and tragedies like this won't happen in the future.]]>Dec 28th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
So, you approve of a totalitarian government, where every aspect of your life is controlled by the system "for your own good?"

While the article is unfortunate, the solution isn't more regulation, but education and positive feedback. Insurance companies should continue to offer discounts for drivers who buy vehicles equipped with hands-free devices. More vehicles need to be required to have or support these types of systems, and people need to be taught how to use these systems properly.

The idea of forced sterilization and regulated population are very scary and Orwellian thoughts. If you can't handle daily responsibility for your actions, that's your problem.]]>Dec 28th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
If you get stopped for texting while driving and given a ticket perhaps that experience will teach you not to do it again, and tragedies like this won't happen in the future."

Great Logic. Let's see - Vehicular Homicide - 7 years, leaving the scene, 1 year, and tack on a misdemeanor $250 fine for texting while driving-that’ll sure show ‘em.

How about the 3 pieces of white trash who drug that black man to his death in Texas a few years back? People screamed they be charged with ‘hate crimes.’ They were convicted, with 2 getting the death penalty, and one life. And in Texas, the DP means something…but hey let’s tack on ‘mind crimes’ for an additional year or two of prison time. Makes some of us feel better…

DUI, Texting While Driving (TWI?), Mind Crimes, WrongThink…amazes me how so many people go like sheep to the abattoir, agreeing with the criminalization of things that result in NO DAMAGE or injury to another…Drunk and hit someone? Sure, go to jail. But an arbitrary limit on blood alcohol is nothing but a way for the state to levy a free tax in the form of tickets…like those DUI checkpoints, comrade? Papers, please!

Not long ago, State Police in Delaware were using night vision goggles to pull over and fine drivers who were not wearing seat belts…

…yes, please have the State “teach you not to do it again, and tragedies like this won't happen in the future” – and we’ll all live in a warm cotton-candy cocoon; you exist for the State, and all freedom is but a gift of Mercy from our Political Elites. Please pass more laws, and teach us what dwindling choices we can make.


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Except all the jails would fill up.]]>Dec 28th 2007 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
He's basically being treated as a murderer now, which is what he is. Somehow, our society considers being drunk when you kill somebody as some sort of excuse, rather than actually making it worse (as it should). ]]>Dec 28th 2007 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/
People are such stupid dumb fucks. ]]>Dec 28th 2007 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/28/boy-killed-by-texting-driver/Dec 28th 2007 1:19PM