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.