Comments on: Driving While TXTin (DWT) Is Stupid http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Congress to Seek Ban on Txting Whl Drvng – gigaom http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-982079 Congress to Seek Ban on Txting Whl Drvng – gigaom Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:16:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-982079 <p>[...] that texting while driving increased the risk of an accident by 23 times. Imagine that — spending time hunting for letters on a tiny keyboard and staring at a screen while piloting a 1-ton machine that [...]</p> [...] that texting while driving increased the risk of an accident by 23 times. Imagine that — spending time hunting for letters on a tiny keyboard and staring at a screen while piloting a 1-ton machine that [...]

]]> By: Driving Course http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-969350 Driving Course Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:45:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-969350 <p>I appreceating from your posting. Sending text messages while driving is wrong. These are causes of accidents. So many damages will be happens if you operating mobiles while driving. The peoples who are operating mobiles while driving can doing some driving courses, and take some driving lessons from any driving schools.</p> I appreceating from your posting. Sending text messages while driving is wrong. These are causes of accidents. So many damages will be happens if you operating mobiles while driving. The peoples who are operating mobiles while driving can doing some driving courses, and take some driving lessons from any driving schools.

]]> By: Criminal Justice College Guy http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-929503 Criminal Justice College Guy Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:23:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-929503 <p>DWT - Driving While Texting. I just heard of this yesterday and I like the states that enacted the law. I strongly feel that driving and txting don't mix, and many people's lives may be in danger. Thanks for the info.</p> DWT – Driving While Texting. I just heard of this yesterday and I like the states that enacted the law. I strongly feel that driving and txting don’t mix, and many people’s lives may be in danger. Thanks for the info.

]]> By: Car key blocks mobile phone use while driving » BCwebnet Website Hosting Canada http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-918017 Car key blocks mobile phone use while driving » BCwebnet Website Hosting Canada Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:22:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-918017 <p>[...] Driving While TXTin (DWT) Is Stupid [...]</p> [...] Driving While TXTin (DWT) Is Stupid [...]

]]> By: california dui (chi) http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-901814 california dui (chi) Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:32:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-901814 <p>i think driving while texting (DWT) is worse than DUI. in a DUI at least you're watching the road. but when you're texting you're looking at your blackberry or iphone then SLAM you hit someone at full speed. look what happened in los anageles a couple weeks ago with the train incident.</p> i think driving while texting (DWT) is worse than DUI. in a DUI at least you’re watching the road. but when you’re texting you’re looking at your blackberry or iphone then SLAM you hit someone at full speed. look what happened in los anageles a couple weeks ago with the train incident.

]]> By: Countdown to 4G: Who’s Doing What, When - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-893817 Countdown to 4G: Who’s Doing What, When - GigaOM Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:07:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-893817 <p>[...] from users surfing social networks, YouTube and heaven knows what else while on the go. Just please don’t do it while driving. So for those reading about the promise of 4G networks such as LTE or mobile WiMAX, here’s a [...]</p> [...] from users surfing social networks, YouTube and heaven knows what else while on the go. Just please don’t do it while driving. So for those reading about the promise of 4G networks such as LTE or mobile WiMAX, here’s a [...]

]]> By: Russell Hurd http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-885179 Russell Hurd Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:10:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-885179 <p>My name is Russell Hurd and I live in Abingdon Maryland.</p> <p>Over the Christmas holidays my family an d I traveled to Florida to visit with my daughter Heather who was employed at Walt Disney World. As part of this visit we planned to meet at Disney's wedding planner to discuss plans for Heathers upcoming wedding. This meeting was scheduled for noon on Jnauray 3, 2008.</p> <p>At 11;30am, while traveling to meet her mom and I at the wedding planner, stopped at a traffic signal, my Heather and ten other vehicles were hit an d run over by a tractor trailer driver who failed to notice the ten cars stopped at the light. My Heather was killed instantly along with another young woman in a different vehicle. The reason the driver didn't notice is alleged to have been because he was text messaging when the accident occurred.</p> <p>Since the accident we have started a letter writing campaign an dpetition drive to make Heathers Law a reality not only in our home state of Maryland but across the nation. Heather's Law would be a comprehensive ban on hand held cell phones and text messaging while driving except in cases of emergency.</p> <p>Studies now show that the use of cell phones are as dangerous while driving as DUI. Everyone has a Heather in their life. Its time we protect them. We have a new website under construction, www.4heather.com that you soon will be able to electronically sign our petition.</p> <p>I urge you to check out the site, write your state legislators and make Heather's Law a reality</p> <p>Russell Hurd</p> My name is Russell Hurd and I live in Abingdon Maryland.

Over the Christmas holidays my family an d I traveled to Florida to visit with my daughter Heather who was employed at Walt Disney World. As part of this visit we planned to meet at Disney’s wedding planner to discuss plans for Heathers upcoming wedding. This meeting was scheduled for noon on Jnauray 3, 2008.

At 11;30am, while traveling to meet her mom and I at the wedding planner, stopped at a traffic signal, my Heather and ten other vehicles were hit an d run over by a tractor trailer driver who failed to notice the ten cars stopped at the light. My Heather was killed instantly along with another young woman in a different vehicle. The reason the driver didn’t notice is alleged to have been because he was text messaging when the accident occurred.

Since the accident we have started a letter writing campaign an dpetition drive to make Heathers Law a reality not only in our home state of Maryland but across the nation. Heather’s Law would be a comprehensive ban on hand held cell phones and text messaging while driving except in cases of emergency.

Studies now show that the use of cell phones are as dangerous while driving as DUI. Everyone has a Heather in their life. Its time we protect them. We have a new website under construction, http://www.4heather.com that you soon will be able to electronically sign our petition.

I urge you to check out the site, write your state legislators and make Heather’s Law a reality

Russell Hurd

]]> By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Managing the Danger: June 6, 2008 Edition http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-882368 McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Managing the Danger: June 6, 2008 Edition Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:23:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-882368 <p>[...] DWT [...]</p> [...] DWT [...]

]]> By: Eyes on the Road, Not on Your BlackBerry » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-880799 Eyes on the Road, Not on Your BlackBerry » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp Thu, 29 May 2008 17:24:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-880799 <p>[...] Malik nailed it on the head in his GigaOM post earlier this week, “Driving While TXTing (DWT) Is Stupid.” Talking on your cell phone while driving is probably not smart, yet we all do it. But texting [...]</p> [...] Malik nailed it on the head in his GigaOM post earlier this week, “Driving While TXTing (DWT) Is Stupid.” Talking on your cell phone while driving is probably not smart, yet we all do it. But texting [...]

]]> By: driving course http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-880783 driving course Thu, 29 May 2008 16:07:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-880783 <p>If it was my daughter putting her life and the lives of everybody else unfortunate enough to be on the same street as her I'd have either taken the phone and/or the car away. Idiot child and idiot parent for letting her do it - these people who think texting is so important are killing innocent people.</p> If it was my daughter putting her life and the lives of everybody else unfortunate enough to be on the same street as her I’d have either taken the phone and/or the car away. Idiot child and idiot parent for letting her do it – these people who think texting is so important are killing innocent people.

]]> By: Igor Jablokov http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-880392 Igor Jablokov Tue, 27 May 2008 21:04:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-880392 <p>Om, thanks for drawing attention to this; solving this disconnect is precisely why we were founded. Hopefully we'll be able to give everyone a happy medium to reduce/eliminate the manual entry that is so prevalent today.</p> Om, thanks for drawing attention to this; solving this disconnect is precisely why we were founded. Hopefully we’ll be able to give everyone a happy medium to reduce/eliminate the manual entry that is so prevalent today.

]]> By: Niraj http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-880390 Niraj Tue, 27 May 2008 21:00:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-880390 <p>I think the problem is two-fold...it's unenforcable and that's easily seen by how lax the police are about the cell phone bans. It's been completely ineffective and people frequently drive by cops while on the phone in downtown Chicago. Trying to figure out if someone is texting would be even more difficult as they don't have to be holding their phone in plain sight like with a call. The second problem is that if it's not one distraction, it's another, and there's still people on the highway reading the newspaper or eating and driving erratically as a result.</p> I think the problem is two-fold…it’s unenforcable and that’s easily seen by how lax the police are about the cell phone bans. It’s been completely ineffective and people frequently drive by cops while on the phone in downtown Chicago. Trying to figure out if someone is texting would be even more difficult as they don’t have to be holding their phone in plain sight like with a call. The second problem is that if it’s not one distraction, it’s another, and there’s still people on the highway reading the newspaper or eating and driving erratically as a result.

]]> By: Joseph Scott http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-880271 Joseph Scott Tue, 27 May 2008 04:36:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-880271 <p>@Curtis -</p> <p>I agree that regulation prohibiting texting while driving wouldn't be very enforceable. It's probably still worth it though, especially if it kicked in additional penalties for accidents that happened while texting.</p> <p>Your comment focuses on teenagers/young adults, which I think is only part of the problem. The guy I saw going all over the road was clearly over 30.</p> @Curtis -

I agree that regulation prohibiting texting while driving wouldn’t be very enforceable. It’s probably still worth it though, especially if it kicked in additional penalties for accidents that happened while texting.

Your comment focuses on teenagers/young adults, which I think is only part of the problem. The guy I saw going all over the road was clearly over 30.

]]> By: Paul Kapustka http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-880191 Paul Kapustka Mon, 26 May 2008 17:44:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-880191 <p>My latest was watching someone smoke and text while making a left-hand turn onto El Camino. Can't wait until there are video-to-Twitter uploads available.</p> My latest was watching someone smoke and text while making a left-hand turn onto El Camino. Can’t wait until there are video-to-Twitter uploads available.

]]> By: Curtis http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-880186 Curtis Mon, 26 May 2008 16:52:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-880186 <p>Om,</p> <p>It seems you've found the poster child for stupidity when it comes to texting. Whatever happened to common sense with teenagers?</p> <p>I think the larger issue is beyond the regulation of texting as I don't think that form of regulation is enforceable. Simply, how does an officer know when someone is texting versus viewing their cell phone screen? How do police decide between someone who's using a hands free device that may be dialing versus texting, note that "hands free" doesn't really me "hands free" as much as it means "hands free while talking" as the phone manufacturers aren't required to make voice based navigation on their phones. This requirement of the phone manufacturers would deliver true "hands free" driving.</p> <p>Hence the larger and real issue is the regulation of cell phone use by teens and young adults as they drive. They are the most likely to text while driving, yet they would be singled out which the ACLU is likely to fight.</p> <p>BIG problem.</p> Om,

It seems you’ve found the poster child for stupidity when it comes to texting. Whatever happened to common sense with teenagers?

I think the larger issue is beyond the regulation of texting as I don’t think that form of regulation is enforceable. Simply, how does an officer know when someone is texting versus viewing their cell phone screen? How do police decide between someone who’s using a hands free device that may be dialing versus texting, note that “hands free” doesn’t really me “hands free” as much as it means “hands free while talking” as the phone manufacturers aren’t required to make voice based navigation on their phones. This requirement of the phone manufacturers would deliver true “hands free” driving.

Hence the larger and real issue is the regulation of cell phone use by teens and young adults as they drive. They are the most likely to text while driving, yet they would be singled out which the ACLU is likely to fight.

BIG problem.

]]> By: sandman http://gigaom.com/2008/05/25/driving-while-texting/#comment-880156 sandman Mon, 26 May 2008 12:05:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13564#comment-880156 <p>yup i agree specially in the Philippines some people drive while txting its so stupid thing they do they don't even care that they might cause an accident.</p> yup i agree specially in the Philippines some people drive while txting its so stupid thing they do they don’t even care that they might cause an accident.

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