For anyone who thinks texting and driving is no big deal

Liquid_G

She could have killed someone because she obviously thought texting her friends was more important than paying attention to the road. To me thats a little more than "youthful indiscretion" as you call it. It selfishness and carelessness that could have been prevented by putting the damn phone down.

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H2O_Doc

You're making assumptions that are convenient to your position. Maybe your assumption is correct that she thought texting was more important than paying attention to the road, but I doubt it. More likely (I think) is that in her youthfulness and inexperience, she thought she could she could do both - text her friends while giving sufficient attention to the road. People do this sort of thing all the time - we over estimate our abilities and this is so very common when it comes to the number of things we THINK we can pay attention to simultaneously. The scientific literature in the matter is amazing; how little we can really juggle but how well we think we are doing it.

So, maybe you are right, but you might leave a little room for other possibilities - maybe including possibilities that don't make it so easy to be so cold to human tragedy Also, understanding the reality of what happened is what allows us to look for solution. A false characterization of what happened and WHY can only lead to false solutions - not helpful to anyone, including future victims of people texting while driving. Do you want only to throw stones, or do you want to help prevent these sorts of accidents?

Liquid_G

How can you doubt it? It happened. She said she was texting. She blew the light and hit someone.

It doesn't take scientific literature to know that its a stupid thing to do. Many states have made it illegal because of what can happen when people are distracted like that. To me it falls in the same category as drunk driving. People obviously think they can handle it.

The only tragedy here is the people that got hit and could have been killed. I'm sorry if I don't feel any remorse for stupidity and selfishness.
She asked if her face was ok.. That tells me she's more interested in herself and her looks than causing harm to other drivers on the road.

While I doubt a meaningless conversion on a forum would contribute to any type of solution for this issue, the solution seems pretty simple to me, don't text and drive..

If the scenario were like this instead.. She was driving the SUV and plowed into a little Kia and killed a bunch of kids.. Would you still chalk it up youthful indiscretion then?

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