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Re: WHY NOT,simply Because of safety said by maxpower:Not trying to argue but I have never seen or heard of any state doing that. Any examples? I have never heard of this. Just quickly browsing over the senior page at California's DMV: "All customers age 70 or older must renew their driver license in person at a DMV office." After which, it's the DMV's assessment to not renew their liscence, put them on a restricted liscence, etc.
said by maxpower:I agree with you 100% but doesn't changing the radio station present the same hazard? Most cars have the radio buttons either on the wheel, or accessible easily without loss-of-focus. At worst, people may take a quick glance to see the location of their radio dash. As much as a hazard it is to glance away from the road, texting requires full cognitive abilities focused on the keyboard. There is just no way one can equate a quick radio knob turn with the standard alphanumeric (or even mini-keyboard typing) text input required to send a text. |
