Watts: Texting ban a safety issue

Austin American Statesman

There needs to be a law for no texting while driving. In this article it says, "A texting driver runs more stop signs, changes lanes more abruptly, and brakes more erratically than a drunk driver." This is true I have found myself texting and driving changing lanes abruptly and braking suddenly. It is very dangerous texting and driving but I think the problem is that it is so difficult to implement this law because that’s like making a law for taking you eyes of the road someone could be reading a newspaper. This impairs your cognitive thinking towards your surroundings. Another reason why it would be tough to implement is there are smart phones with GPS systems and officers could stop the citizen and their excuse could be I was trying to navigate my way with the iPhone. In the article "Perry argues that a texting ban is a  "government effort to micromanage the behavior of adults."" I think it’s a smart way of getting around the subject because really it would be just too difficult to implement this law in the state of Texas. If local government pass the law people know its dangerous and against the law but people will still will text anyway, its an addiction for some people their way of connecting even when it causes them to be in danger. The government could get a great amount of tax dollars from fining people that break this law. It would have been law but Rick Perry vetoed the bill maybe from underlying pressure because what’s wrong with managing the behavior of adults if its going to save lives. What should happen in the government is that the bill needs to be brought back up and revised for a second chance with Rick Perry changing his mind or when he's out of office.

Again, education woes fall to courts

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/again-education-woes-fall-to-courts-1910554.html


It says in this editorial that the poor public schools are suing the states for not distributing the money evenly throughout schools even when they are all paying the same tax rates. The commentary doesn't expect much because Rick Perry is a republican and republicans represent cutting down school funding and public services to take care of the national and local debt that they owe. The people in those school districts such as Pflugerville, Hutto ,and Taylor have to suffer from the republican part of the government because they are in command. Lawmakers slashed $4billion from public education, the first decrease in per-student funding in Texas since World War 2. It has been established that the public education system was in the hands of the states but yet again, the system is flawed and has to go back to the Legislature to settle things out
Whats sad is not only the republicans cutting down school funding but with less school funding there are more likely to drop out and have higher crime rates. The way the republicans see it is cut down public services have less debt but its a lose lose situation. The Authors audience was most likely to inform Texas and and a bit on the national level. Their argument is broad but I would agree that is true and his logic does make sense, it may not be sound but I do agree with the statements he said.