NOTE: At least one person thought I was being serious below. To be clear, this was written with my tongue firmly lodged in my cheek. NOBODY should text while driving. I strongly recommend headsets for talking, as well. Okay... now enjoy my clearly ineffective attempt at the use of irony & sarcasm:
Okay, the traffic light is red... gotta type fast. Texting while driving has been in the news quite a bit lately. Honestly I don't see what the big deal is. Sure 93% of Americans in a recent poll are against it, but I bet they polled only really old people... you know, like more than 25 years old. Old people just don't have the multi-tasking skills of today's youth. Oops, the light changed... [STOP HONKING... I'M BLOGGING HERE]... I'll be back in a minute.
Where was I? Oh, yeah. Kids these days grew up texting with one hand, killing bad guys (or good guys, depending on the game) on their X-Boxes with the other, and typing on the computer with their toes. It's just us old folks who can't focus on multiple things at once. Sure we've been driving longer, but they've practiced jacking and racing cars on video games since they were three. So it's old folks with Blackberries at whom these laws should be aimed.
Next thing you know they will make it illegal for school bus drivers to text while driving. And then what? They are adding internet access to planes; are we going to ban pilots from updating their Facebook pages while flying? This is America! What's the country coming to, restricting our basic human rights like this! So what if texting dramatically increases the odds of an accident. It probably won't be your family in the car they hit, right? Txt if ur with me!
Oops, the light's green. Gotta go.... that idiot is honking at me again.
Where was I? Oh, yeah. Kids these days grew up texting with one hand, killing bad guys (or good guys, depending on the game) on their X-Boxes with the other, and typing on the computer with their toes. It's just us old folks who can't focus on multiple things at once. Sure we've been driving longer, but they've practiced jacking and racing cars on video games since they were three. So it's old folks with Blackberries at whom these laws should be aimed.
Next thing you know they will make it illegal for school bus drivers to text while driving. And then what? They are adding internet access to planes; are we going to ban pilots from updating their Facebook pages while flying? This is America! What's the country coming to, restricting our basic human rights like this! So what if texting dramatically increases the odds of an accident. It probably won't be your family in the car they hit, right? Txt if ur with me!
Oops, the light's green. Gotta go.... that idiot is honking at me again.
You are a nut job Michael:)
ReplyDeleteIsn't it crazy? I swear I see people swerving right and left as they text and drive everyday. Its simultaneously scares and angers me,is your message more important than peoples lives? Seriously? Crazy.
*giggles*
ReplyDeletePilots better not overfly their destination while texting! ;-)