Comments on: Texting While Driving Bill Will BRB http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/texting-while-driving-bill-will-brb Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: pearl.coon http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/texting-while-driving-bill-will-brb/comment-page-1#comment-63689 pearl.coon Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:49:50 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=37669#comment-63689 Anything that can get into people’s thick skulls how dangerous distracted driving can be, is worth implementing everywhere. Source: <a href="http://hartfordauto.thehartford.com/Safe-Driving/Car-Safety/Driving-Safety/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hartfordauto.thehartford.com/Safe-Driving/Car-Safety/Driving-Safety/</a> Anything that can get into people’s thick skulls how dangerous distracted driving can be, is worth implementing everywhere.

Source: hartfordauto.thehartford.com/Safe-Driving/Car-Safety/Driving-Safety/

]]> By: John Payne http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/texting-while-driving-bill-will-brb/comment-page-1#comment-63033 John Payne Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:09:51 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=37669#comment-63033 All you have to do is put your phone up and when pulled over. 15,000 dead over 5 years, people all over the road. Leaving the road while distracted are moving into oncoming traffic could cause the death of some one else, but just put it away when pulled over. There is no regard for anyone elses safety. IS KILLING YOURSELF ARE SOME ONE ELSE WHILE DISTRACTED WORTH A TEST THAT COULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED LATER?????? All you have to do is put your phone up and when pulled over. 15,000 dead over 5 years, people all over the road. Leaving the road while distracted are moving into oncoming traffic could cause the death of some one else, but just put it away when pulled over. There is no regard for anyone elses safety. IS KILLING YOURSELF ARE SOME ONE ELSE WHILE DISTRACTED WORTH A TEST THAT COULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED LATER??????

]]> By: student http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/texting-while-driving-bill-will-brb/comment-page-1#comment-63026 student Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:56:11 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=37669#comment-63026 I agree that it can be harmful but it shouldnt be banned. Sometimes texting is neccessary. And how woiuld they enforce it? All you have to do is put your phone up when you get pulled over. I think its a little outrageous. I agree that it can be harmful but it shouldnt be banned. Sometimes texting is neccessary. And how woiuld they enforce it? All you have to do is put your phone up when you get pulled over. I think its a little outrageous.

]]> By: Michael http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/texting-while-driving-bill-will-brb/comment-page-1#comment-62867 Michael Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:39:33 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=37669#comment-62867 Just a note, and don't get me wrong because I think it is more of a hazard than anything. "The increase in fatalities, as reported by an American Journal of Public Health study, might be caused by drivers ignoring the laws and attempting to hide their texting and becoming more distracted than before, the Highway Loss Data Institute said." Atlanta Journal Constitution October 12, 2010 page A1. I don't know what the solution would be other than having a blocking signal installed in cars that would kill the phone while the car was in drive. However, there are a lot of people out there who will complain about texting but yet they still talk. Everyone slows down when they are doing something besides driving. no exceptions, they just do. And if we have a problem with them driving and texting/talking what about the people who are doing it and walking. I've been run over by more people walking and not paying attention than I have been in car accidents. Just a note, and don’t get me wrong because I think it is more of a hazard than anything.

“The increase in fatalities, as reported by an American Journal of Public Health study, might be caused by drivers ignoring the laws and attempting to hide their texting and becoming more distracted than before, the Highway Loss Data Institute said.” Atlanta Journal Constitution October 12, 2010 page A1.

I don’t know what the solution would be other than having a blocking signal installed in cars that would kill the phone while the car was in drive. However, there are a lot of people out there who will complain about texting but yet they still talk. Everyone slows down when they are doing something besides driving. no exceptions, they just do. And if we have a problem with them driving and texting/talking what about the people who are doing it and walking. I’ve been run over by more people walking and not paying attention than I have been in car accidents.

]]> By: me http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/texting-while-driving-bill-will-brb/comment-page-1#comment-62856 me Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:39:23 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=37669#comment-62856 ■Chumuckla Proud: From your description, sounds like to me they didn't have their seatbelts on either!! Parents, be aware of WHO your prescious children are riding with! Occasionally my daughter would have other students ride with her when she was in high school, and I was very proud when one of them told me that she would not start her car's engine until she heard all of the seat belts "click" - even the back seat. " ■Chumuckla Proud: From your description, sounds like to me they didn’t have their seatbelts on either!! Parents, be aware of WHO your prescious children are riding with! Occasionally my daughter would have other students ride with her when she was in high school, and I was very proud when one of them told me that she would not start her car’s engine until she heard all of the seat belts “click” – even the back seat. “

]]> By: Concerned citizen http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/texting-while-driving-bill-will-brb/comment-page-1#comment-62840 Concerned citizen Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:06:02 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=37669#comment-62840 Hey chumuckla proud... I agree with you. it will be a long road just drinking and driving. People just never learn! Bigger fines and loss of license would sure help Hey chumuckla proud… I agree with you. it will be a long road just drinking and driving. People just never learn! Bigger fines and loss of license would sure help

]]> By: Chumuckla Proud http://www.northescambia.com/2010/12/texting-while-driving-bill-will-brb/comment-page-1#comment-62833 Chumuckla Proud Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:38:58 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=37669#comment-62833 This bill needs to be passed but with a much heavier fine than $100. My first encounter with a driver who was texting and reading texts was on the US 90 Causeway heading east towards Pace. After my husband (the driver) carefully passed her in the other lane, I observed the woman, who seemed oblivious to the traffic behind her and aside of her, texting while driving, weaving in an out of her lane to the point where other cars had to swerve to get out of her way. The speed of her car would range anywhere from 10 mph to 20 mph and then back to 55. More frightening is the fact that there were two small children in the back seat of the car. My second encounter was driving behind a car full of high school students who were about to enter Chumuckla Hwy. after school. The traffic light on Chumuckla Hwy. turned red for me and turned green for the driver (a female), leaving the school road, but the car did not move. She was in my full vision, texting while her friends were looking over her shoulder and laughing. When the light turned red for her and green for me, I started to proceed, at which point she then decided to run the light. I sounded my horn to warn her of what she had done and her response was flipping me a bird while her friends stuck their heads out the car window, laughing and making more obscene gestures. My take on this is that driving while texting, receiving texts, operating a laptop, and/or any other distracting devices should be considered the same as driving while under the influence. This bill needs to be passed but with a much heavier fine than $100. My first encounter with a driver who was texting and reading texts was on the US 90 Causeway heading east towards Pace. After my husband (the driver) carefully passed her in the other lane, I observed the woman, who seemed oblivious to the traffic behind her and aside of her, texting while driving, weaving in an out of her lane to the point where other cars had to swerve to get out of her way. The speed of her car would range anywhere from 10 mph to 20 mph and then back to 55. More frightening is the fact that there were two small children in the back seat of the car. My second encounter was driving behind a car full of high school students who were about to enter Chumuckla Hwy. after school. The traffic light on Chumuckla Hwy. turned red for me and turned green for the driver (a female), leaving the school road, but the car did not move. She was in my full vision, texting while her friends were looking over her shoulder and laughing. When the light turned red for her and green for me, I started to proceed, at which point she then decided to run the light. I sounded my horn to warn her of what she had done and her response was flipping me a bird while her friends stuck their heads out the car window, laughing and making more obscene gestures. My take on this is that driving while texting, receiving texts, operating a laptop, and/or any other distracting devices should be considered the same as driving while under the influence.

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