| >Texting and driving ought to be treated similarly to a felony DUI. And that's how we have a police state. Honestly, emotions and laws really don't mix, that's how we have more people incarcerated both per capita and in total numbers than any other country in the world. "Super-predators," gets votes, but the repercussions were pretty horrible. Something much less horrible would be to make gasoline super expensive like in Europe, or lower the speed limit to a speed that is much less likely to cause fatalities, or do an old fashioned marketing / awareness push. The More You Know. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_More_You_Know Also, the article seems to be speculating on the cause: >How many of those deaths involved distracted driving? >“It’s much bigger than the data show,” said Bruce Landsberg, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Data collection methods are so riddled with problems, he said, that reliable estimates are difficult if not impossible. So it's bigger than the data shows, but reliable estimates are difficult or impossible, so it seems he's talking out his ass. Maybe it's because many more people were working at home in 2021-2022. |
No, that's how we have a slippery-slope argument.
Studies have shown that texting while driving is about a high a risk factor as drinking alcohol. If not classed as a felony (and intrinsically more difficult to control) - the state should at least do something to seriously discourage people from doing it.