I watched a little TV while my Internet was out – I had to get my news from the mass media. One day I saw a blurb about Driving While Texting – DWT the new DWI. Although I could not find it, the report gave some statistic that showed that DWT was the same as driving while drinking with point-something-or-other alcohol level in your blood. So, I initiated a safety meeting with Toby and Jesse (Toby never texts anyway).
Me: Did you know that driving while texting is the same as driving while drinking? It is the equivalent to point-something-or-other of alcohol in your blood.
Blank looks:
Me: So, I think we should make it a rule to never text while driving.
Jesse: I never text while driving!
Me: Good. No problemas then!
Toby: Can we text while drinking?
Jesse: Now that is dangerous!
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Huh. I've yet to send my first text but I have received a few. Thus Spake The Luddite.
There's a quite graphic PSA out there about texting while driving that got a lot of exposure in the 'sphere a while back. Gory.
veriword: stedgxmf. Quite possibly the longest, ever. Also: the output from texting while drinking.
While I do text, I've always managed to make it look difficult. My new phone has one of those "qwerty" keypads, thus it is impossible for me to send a text while driving (not that I want to anyway). I rarely ever talk while driving, either. That could be related to the fact that very few people call me...
Buck,
"stedgxmf" does sound like you were texting while drinking!
BR, I think I may be the slowest texter in the West. I have a deaf friend who is fast - and she texts me quite often. It makes me a better texter.
I text all the time and will need to stop while driving...guilty as charged and I agree that it is dangerous. I think I may have received a few of the "texting while drinking" text from individuals...Can we be like Gomer Pile on Andy Griffith and call for a "Citizen's Arrest" if we see someone texting and driving? Citizen's Arrest!! Citizen's Arrest!!!!
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