The New DWI; Driving while Texting (DWT)

A very serious problem especially with teens, the article found at MSN.com talks about new law proposals and opposition to them, as well as support.

I would have to say I definitely support laws to ban texting while driving. I have been an offender in the recent past, and realized that when I look up from my phone, I have been in the other lane, or about to drive off the road. I am lucky that I was in a backwoods location with very little traffic, or I might not have made it to this wonderful English class we have enrolled in. I also have seen the video mentioned in this article. It scares the "stuffins" right out of me. ALL of my children, aged 16 - 20, DWT! Scares me for them as well as whomever may be on the road with them when they are doing it. Although, I do not really see how a law banning this could be easily enforced.

Also mentioned in this article is the "distracted driving" ban. I can see it now, while driving down the highway, eating your french fries and drinking your coke, an officer pulls you over and issues you a ticket for distracted driving. Some of this article sounds completely absurd, but I am sure it was meant to sound way in order to make a point.

The auto industry is not for the broad ban of distracted driving, because they have things installed in the cars that could be cause for distraction. OnStar for example, and even the radio. They are rallying for a more restrictive, special ban, strictly on texting.

As I said above, I wish there was a way to ban it and enforce it. However, I still just do not see any way for it to truly work. Telling teens to abstain from texting is probably just as useless as trying to tell them to abstain from sex. If they are going to do, they are going to do it. No law, or parent, is going to stop them until something serious happens to them personally.