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Text-Messaging Behind the Wheel

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the move-over-cb-radio dept.

theodp writes "TIME interviews 21-year-old Taylor Leming, creator of the 600-member Facebook group I Text Message People While Driving and I Haven't Crashed Yet! While Alaska and Louisiana just became the latest states to pass laws banning text-messaging behind the wheel, Virginia resident Leming is still happily texting away while driving despite some near-accidents. 'Sometimes it just seems easier to text 'Be there in 5' instead of calling,' explains Taylor."

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  1. Re:Darwin by brendank310 · · Score: 1, Troll

    I've been in cars with people texting, calling people on their phones, and fiddling with the radio; all of those bother me a little. I don't feel very unsafe however. What really gets me, is when I'm driving on a highway, and I have to sneeze. Repeated sneezing is easily more dangerous. Write to your local congress representative and have them outlaw sneezing while driving.