Texting and driving is receiving a lot of attention due to AT&T leading the charge there with their wonderful anti-texting campaign.
It's great that texting is receiving this attention.
I remember a few years ago Oprah had a big lead up about how she was going to announce something huge in regards to car crashes and she announced her make your car a No Phone Zone.
I remember exhaling with some disappointment.
Now, I love Oprah like almost everyone else.
But I was waiting on baited breath for her to bring to the spotlight that car crashes, at least around 80% of them could be prevented, if we would choose to drive differently. Not only by not using our phones but by not tailgating, not excessively speeding, possibly lowering the speed limits, etc.
I understand that using your phone is accounting for a lot of crashes but tailgating actually surpasses these numbers. What about excessive speeding? How about infrastructure? How about lowering speed limits? Our roads are really a war zone.
I was hoping she was going to expose the whole, complex (yet not really that complex) situation.
Of course, I applaud her shining light on the distracted driving epidemic, I merely think that there are other issues behind the enormous amount of lives lost on our roads, globally and here in America.
Of course I do admire her greatly I was just hoping she would be the one to say, something is really wrong here.
This is an interesting video that talks about how more people die from other people tailgating.
It makes me ill when people tailgate me on the freeway. It's a habit far too many people do. All I can think about is how long it took that person's mother to carry them in their womb and them labor them into life and they are riding too close for a matter of measly minutes.
Our roads need a major overhaul and the spotlight has yet to be put on the subject.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eUgwVV5WJE