Comments on: Don’t Text And Drive http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/ Android Phone News, Rumors, Reviews, Apps, Forums & More! Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:51:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kristina http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-212886 Kristina Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:40:13 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-212886 the other day i was texting and driving im 16 years of age and just got my lisence. I had a different phone than normal that day and it was hard to text on. i had my eyes off the road for a while and both my hands off the wheel. to pull my phone cord up. when i lost control of the car it started swerving all over the road and when i looked up i was headed straight for a sign, my car rolled 5 times. for a quarter of a mile. it was the worst feeling ever, and the nightmares are haunghting, no text is ever worth it. nothing on your cell phone is. nothings that important to put your life and others in danger. im so incredibly lucky im even alive God was with me the other day i was texting and driving im 16 years of age and just got my lisence. I had a different phone than normal that day and it was hard to text on. i had my eyes off the road for a while and both my hands off the wheel. to pull my phone cord up. when i lost control of the car it started swerving all over the road and when i looked up i was headed straight for a sign, my car rolled 5 times. for a quarter of a mile. it was the worst feeling ever, and the nightmares are haunghting,
no text is ever worth it. nothing on your cell phone is. nothings that important to put your life and others in danger.
im so incredibly lucky im even alive God was with me

]]> By: Wayne http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-98160 Wayne Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:56:14 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-98160 Way more great information, up to date, on TextKills.com. Does anyone know more sites to get more accurate, informative data? I am doing a paper on this in Sociology Class right now and could use more reputable sources. Thanks, Wayne Way more great information, up to date, on TextKills.com. Does anyone know more sites to get more accurate, informative data? I am doing a paper on this in Sociology Class right now and could use more reputable sources. Thanks, Wayne

]]> By: robi http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-46309 robi Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:09:51 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-46309 yees i can't drive so i still can text in the caar 4 like another 4 years :p yees i can’t drive so i still can text in the caar 4 like another 4 years :p

]]> By: donna http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-43994 donna Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:47:39 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-43994 Point well taken here. For those who don't take it seriously and think that nothing will ever happen to you or someone you hold dear. Imagine one of the people you are closest to killed because of someone not paying attention to their driving. How would it make you feel to never see that person again, ever. If you can wait to text when you get to your destination or before you leave then do so. Why do we think we have to drive and do this. I don't understand. Do we live such a busy life that we feel like we have to cram everything in while drving. It's just crazy. Are you willing to pay the price? Be careful Point well taken here. For those who don’t take it seriously and think that nothing will ever happen to you or someone you hold dear. Imagine one of the people you are closest to killed because of someone not paying attention to their driving. How would it make you feel to never see that person again, ever. If you can wait to text when you get to your destination or before you leave then do so. Why do we think we have to drive and do this. I don’t understand. Do we live such a busy life that we feel like we have to cram everything in while drving. It’s just crazy. Are you willing to pay the price? Be careful

]]> By: cher http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-43828 cher Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:56:30 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-43828 How can we report unsafe drivers (texting and swerving) and have something done about it? The police here say something bad needs to happen. I worry every time my teen son and I commute on our bikes that a texter will "murder" us....it would not be an "accident"... How can we report unsafe drivers (texting and swerving) and have something done about it? The police here say something bad needs to happen. I worry every time my teen son and I commute on our bikes that a texter will “murder” us….it would not be an “accident”…

]]> By: Shawn http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-42624 Shawn Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:17:15 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-42624 What about texting at stop lights? I do it there, after every word I check the light and in some words as I type it. How bad is that? (HTC IME Keyboard helps prevent many spelling errors) What about texting at stop lights? I do it there, after every word I check the light and in some words as I type it. How bad is that? (HTC IME Keyboard helps prevent many spelling errors)

]]> By: Quboid http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-41416 Quboid Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:29:36 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-41416 Granted I'm only a learner but it amazes me that anyone would think this is at all acceptable. Holding the phone to your ear is illegal in the UK, holding the phone and looking at it is a whole lot worse. Granted I’m only a learner but it amazes me that anyone would think this is at all acceptable. Holding the phone to your ear is illegal in the UK, holding the phone and looking at it is a whole lot worse.

]]> By: Paul http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-41345 Paul Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:29:25 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-41345 Jarett - "My company actually made an Android app that keeps the texting functionality from working if you’re driving" I heard about this app. It's called Textecution...textecution.com. It's really cool. Nice job and thanks for creating it! Jarett – “My company actually made an Android app that keeps the texting functionality from working if you’re driving”

I heard about this app. It’s called Textecution…textecution.com. It’s really cool. Nice job and thanks for creating it!

]]> By: Alex http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-41340 Alex Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:20:03 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-41340 One of my good friends can never seem to be away from his iPhone, he's constantly on it, even when he drives. I constantly tell him not to text/browse the web/chat online while he's driving, yet he does it anyway and swerves on the shoulder/hits the curb/etc. I have actually gotten out of his car because of it. I refuse to text while driving and I don't accept phone calls. I realize that shit happens regardless and I could be in a freak accident even with those precautions, but I like to think that not using a phone while driving, helps a tad. One of my good friends can never seem to be away from his iPhone, he’s constantly on it, even when he drives. I constantly tell him not to text/browse the web/chat online while he’s driving, yet he does it anyway and swerves on the shoulder/hits the curb/etc. I have actually gotten out of his car because of it. I refuse to text while driving and I don’t accept phone calls. I realize that shit happens regardless and I could be in a freak accident even with those precautions, but I like to think that not using a phone while driving, helps a tad.

]]> By: Victim http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-41337 Victim Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:47:14 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-41337 lol lol

]]> By: Cru http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-41330 Cru Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:54:45 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-41330 Marijuana. Kills. Oh.. and wear your seatbelt biddies in the back. Stop bloodying up my car. Marijuana. Kills.

Oh.. and wear your seatbelt biddies in the back. Stop bloodying up my car.

]]> By: Olivier http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-41309 Olivier Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:53:52 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-41309 Maybe it's because I mostly drive in a very busy town as opposed to quiet and straight motorways but I can't understand how some people can think it's ok to take one's eyes off the road for texting ! Maybe it’s because I mostly drive in a very busy town as opposed to quiet and straight motorways but I can’t understand how some people can think it’s ok to take one’s eyes off the road for texting !

]]> By: Jack http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-41300 Jack Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:10:31 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-41300 Well I have a automatic van (less things to do) and I have tried to txt wile driving but the keyboard is crap so I don't bother. I have to drive past a few locations on the way to work to record fuel prices and used to save a note of the prices, nowadays I just memorise it all. The g1 could do with a bigger keybord for us fat fingered people. Well I have a automatic van (less things to do) and I have tried to txt wile driving but the keyboard is crap so I don’t bother. I have to drive past a few locations on the way to work to record fuel prices and used to save a note of the prices, nowadays I just memorise it all.

The g1 could do with a bigger keybord for us fat fingered people.

]]> By: Morten http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-41294 Morten Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:11:35 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-41294 "Remember the big push to have everybody use a blue tooth headset?" The difference from holding the phone is >huge<. “Remember the big push to have everybody use a blue tooth headset?”

The difference from holding the phone is >huge<.

]]> By: Jarett http://phandroid.com/2009/08/17/dont-text-and-drive/#comment-41269 Jarett Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:54:15 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=4539#comment-41269 My company actually made an Android app that keeps the texting functionality from working if you're driving (with a failsafe to let another phone disable it if they know the user's not driving). It's targeted mainly at parents to keep their kids from texting while they drive, but for some, it might be the right amount of self-inflicted nuisance to remind themselves to wait until they're parked to text. My company actually made an Android app that keeps the texting functionality from working if you’re driving (with a failsafe to let another phone disable it if they know the user’s not driving). It’s targeted mainly at parents to keep their kids from texting while they drive, but for some, it might be the right amount of self-inflicted nuisance to remind themselves to wait until they’re parked to text.

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